#5f5f53

Color #5f5f53

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 8.52 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5f5f53

RGB

rgb(95, 95, 83)

HSL

hsl(60, 6.7%, 34.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 12.6%, 37.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 12.6%, 62.7%)

LAB

lab(39.98, -2.38, 6.88)

LCH

lch(39.98, 7.28, 109.08)

OKLCH

oklch(48.2%, 0.0187, 107.08)

HWB

hwb(60, 32.5%, 62.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#53535f

Analogous

#5f5953

#5f5f53

#595f53

Triadic

#5f5f53

#535f5f

#5f535f

Split-complementary

#5f5f53

#53595f

#59535f

Tetradic

#5f5f53

#535f53

#53535f

#5f535f

Square

#5f5f53

#535f59

#53535f

#5f5359

Shades

Color #5f5f53 mixed toward black.

#4f4f45

#3f3f37

#2f2f2a

#20201c

#10100e

Tints

Color #5f5f53 mixed toward white.

#7c7c6d

#989889

#b2b2a6

#cbcbc4

#e5e5e1

Tones

Color #5f5f53 mixed toward gray.

#5e5e54

#5d5d55

#5c5c56

#5b5b57

#5a5a58

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.25:1

White text reads better on this background (6.46:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f5f56 · ΔE 1.5

Deuteranopia

#5f5f57 · ΔE 2

Tritanopia

#5f5859 · ΔE 9.8

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 6.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f5f53;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f5f53]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#5f5f53 (#5f5f53) is rgb(95, 95, 83) in RGB.

No, #5f5f53 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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