#5f5f17

Color #5f5f17

A moderately saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 12.76 Nearest Tailwind class lime-800 #3c6300 · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5f5f17

RGB

rgb(95, 95, 23)

HSL

hsl(60, 61%, 23.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 75.8%, 37.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 75.8%, 62.7%)

LAB

lab(39.04, -9.61, 38.82)

LCH

lch(39.04, 39.99, 103.9)

OKLCH

oklch(47.1%, 0.0912, 109.47)

HWB

hwb(60, 9%, 62.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#17175f

Analogous

#5f3b17

#5f5f17

#3b5f17

Triadic

#5f5f17

#175f5f

#5f175f

Split-complementary

#5f5f17

#173b5f

#3b175f

Tetradic

#5f5f17

#175f17

#17175f

#5f175f

Square

#5f5f17

#175f3b

#17175f

#5f173b

Shades

Color #5f5f17 mixed toward black.

#4f4f13

#3f3f0f

#2f2f0b

#202008

#101004

Tints

Color #5f5f17 mixed toward white.

#939324

#c8c830

#d9d961

#e6e696

#f2f2ca

Tones

Color #5f5f17 mixed toward gray.

#59591d

#535323

#4d4d29

#47472f

#414135

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.14:1

White text reads better on this background (6.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f5f34 · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#5f5f39 · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#5f4245 · ΔE 31.1

Achromatopsia

#5c5c5c · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f5f17;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f5f17]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#5f5f17 (#5f5f17) is rgb(95, 95, 23) in RGB.

No, #5f5f17 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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