#5e5f55

Color #5e5f55

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.55 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5e5f55

RGB

rgb(94, 95, 85)

HSL

hsl(66, 5.6%, 35.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66, 10.5%, 37.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 10.5%, 62.7%)

LAB

lab(39.95, -2.41, 5.59)

LCH

lch(39.95, 6.09, 113.32)

OKLCH

oklch(48.1%, 0.0157, 111.67)

HWB

hwb(66, 33.3%, 62.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#56555f

Analogous

#5f5b55

#5e5f55

#595f55

Triadic

#5e5f55

#555e5f

#5f555e

Split-complementary

#5e5f55

#55595f

#5b555f

Tetradic

#5e5f55

#555f56

#56555f

#5f555e

Square

#5e5f55

#555f5b

#56555f

#5f5559

Shades

Color #5e5f55 mixed toward black.

#4e4f47

#3f3f39

#2f302a

#1f201c

#10100e

Tints

Color #5e5f55 mixed toward white.

#7b7c6f

#96978b

#b0b1a8

#cacbc5

#e5e5e2

Tones

Color #5e5f55 mixed toward gray.

#5d5e56

#5d5d57

#5c5d57

#5b5c58

#5b5b59

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.24:1

White text reads better on this background (6.47:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5e58 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#5e5e58 · ΔE 2.3

Tritanopia

#5e595a · ΔE 8.4

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 5.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e5f55;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e5f55]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#5e5f55 (#5e5f55) is rgb(94, 95, 85) in RGB.

No, #5e5f55 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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