#5f5f50

Color #5f5f50

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 10.14 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5f5f50

RGB

rgb(95, 95, 80)

HSL

hsl(60, 8.6%, 34.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 15.8%, 37.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 15.8%, 62.7%)

LAB

lab(39.91, -2.92, 8.61)

LCH

lch(39.91, 9.09, 108.73)

OKLCH

oklch(48.1%, 0.0232, 107.27)

HWB

hwb(60, 31.4%, 62.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#50505f

Analogous

#5f5750

#5f5f50

#575f50

Triadic

#5f5f50

#505f5f

#5f505f

Split-complementary

#5f5f50

#50575f

#57505f

Tetradic

#5f5f50

#505f50

#50505f

#5f505f

Square

#5f5f50

#505f57

#50505f

#5f5057

Shades

Color #5f5f50 mixed toward black.

#4f4f43

#3f3f35

#2f2f28

#20201b

#10100d

Tints

Color #5f5f50 mixed toward white.

#7d7d69

#999986

#b2b2a4

#ccccc2

#e5e5e1

Tones

Color #5f5f50 mixed toward gray.

#5e5e51

#5c5c52

#5b5b54

#5a5a55

#595956

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.24:1

White text reads better on this background (6.48:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f5f54 · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#5f5f55 · ΔE 2.3

Tritanopia

#5f5758 · ΔE 11.5

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 7.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f5f50;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f5f50]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#5f5f50 (#5f5f50) is rgb(95, 95, 80) in RGB.

No, #5f5f50 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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