#5e5038

Color #5e5038

A muted dark orange.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 19.02 Nearest Tailwind class stone-600 #57534d · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5e5038

RGB

rgb(94, 80, 56)

HSL

hsl(37.9, 25.3%, 29.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.9, 40.4%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 40.4%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(34.81, 1.92, 16.31)

LCH

lch(34.81, 16.42, 83.29)

OKLCH

oklch(43.9%, 0.0411, 80.77)

HWB

hwb(37.9, 22%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#38465e

Analogous

#5e3d38

#5e5038

#595e38

Triadic

#5e5038

#385e50

#50385e

Split-complementary

#5e5038

#38595e

#3d385e

Tetradic

#5e5038

#465e38

#38465e

#50385e

Square

#5e5038

#385e3d

#38465e

#5e3859

Shades

Color #5e5038 mixed toward black.

#4e432f

#3f3525

#2f281c

#1f1b13

#100d09

Tints

Color #5e5038 mixed toward white.

#84704e

#a58f69

#bcab8e

#d2c7b4

#e9e3d9

Tones

Color #5e5038 mixed toward gray.

#5b4f3b

#584e3e

#544d41

#514d45

#4e4c48

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.68:1

White text reads better on this background (7.83:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#58583f · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#595a40 · ΔE 8.9

Tritanopia

#5d4445 · ΔE 15.8

Achromatopsia

#525252 · ΔE 12.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e5038;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e5038]

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Frequently asked questions

#5e5038 (#5e5038) is rgb(94, 80, 56) in RGB.

No, #5e5038 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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