#5e5e5a

Color #5e5e5a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 5.22 Nearest Tailwind class stone-600 #57534d · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5e5e5a

RGB

rgb(94, 94, 90)

HSL

hsl(60, 2.2%, 36.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 4.3%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 4.3%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(39.79, -0.82, 2.29)

LCH

lch(39.79, 2.43, 109.7)

OKLCH

oklch(48.1%, 0.0063, 106.7)

HWB

hwb(60, 35.3%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5a5a5e

Analogous

#5e5c5a

#5e5e5a

#5c5e5a

Triadic

#5e5e5a

#5a5e5e

#5e5a5e

Split-complementary

#5e5e5a

#5a5c5e

#5c5a5e

Tetradic

#5e5e5a

#5a5e5a

#5a5a5e

#5e5a5e

Square

#5e5e5a

#5a5e5c

#5a5a5e

#5e5a5c

Shades

Color #5e5e5a mixed toward black.

#4e4e4b

#3f3f3c

#2f2f2d

#1f1f1e

#10100f

Tints

Color #5e5e5a mixed toward white.

#7a7a75

#959590

#afafac

#cacac7

#e4e4e3

Tones

Color #5e5e5a mixed toward gray.

#5e5e5a

#5d5d5b

#5c5c5c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.22:1

White text reads better on this background (6.51:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5e5b · ΔE 0.6

Deuteranopia

#5e5e5b · ΔE 0.6

Tritanopia

#5e5c5c · ΔE 3.1

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 2.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #5e5e5a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e5e5a]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#5e5e5a (#5e5e5a) is rgb(94, 94, 90) in RGB.

No, #5e5e5a 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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