#5e5f15

Color #5e5f15

A moderately saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 12.81 Nearest Tailwind class lime-800 #3c6300 · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5e5f15

RGB

rgb(94, 95, 21)

HSL

hsl(60.8, 63.8%, 22.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60.8, 77.9%, 37.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 77.9%, 62.7%)

LAB

lab(38.93, -10.2, 39.48)

LCH

lch(38.93, 40.78, 104.49)

OKLCH

oklch(47%, 0.0929, 110.29)

HWB

hwb(60.8, 8.2%, 62.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#16155f

Analogous

#5f3b15

#5e5f15

#395f15

Triadic

#5e5f15

#155e5f

#5f155e

Split-complementary

#5e5f15

#15395f

#3b155f

Tetradic

#5e5f15

#155f16

#16155f

#5f155e

Square

#5e5f15

#155f3b

#16155f

#5f1539

Shades

Color #5e5f15 mixed toward black.

#4e4f11

#3f3f0e

#2f2f0a

#1f2007

#101003

Tints

Color #5e5f15 mixed toward white.

#939521

#c8ca2d

#dadb5e

#e6e793

#f3f3c9

Tones

Color #5e5f15 mixed toward gray.

#58591b

#525321

#4c4c27

#46462e

#404034

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.12:1

White text reads better on this background (6.72:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5e33 · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#5e5e38 · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#5e4244 · ΔE 30.7

Achromatopsia

#5c5c5c · ΔE 21.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e5f15;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e5f15]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#5e5f15 (#5e5f15) is rgb(94, 95, 21) in RGB.

No, #5e5f15 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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