#555749

Color #555749

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 11.79 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#555749

RGB

rgb(85, 87, 73)

HSL

hsl(68.6, 8.8%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68.6, 16.1%, 34.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 16.1%, 65.9%)

LAB

lab(36.42, -3.62, 7.88)

LCH

lch(36.42, 8.67, 114.67)

OKLCH

oklch(45.1%, 0.0222, 113.91)

HWB

hwb(68.6, 28.6%, 65.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4b4957

Analogous

#575249

#555749

#4e5749

Triadic

#555749

#495557

#574955

Split-complementary

#555749

#494e57

#524957

Tetradic

#555749

#49574b

#4b4957

#574955

Square

#555749

#495752

#4b4957

#57494e

Shades

Color #555749 mixed toward black.

#47493d

#393a31

#2b2c25

#1c1d18

#0e0f0c

Tints

Color #555749 mixed toward white.

#747764

#929580

#adafa0

#c8cac0

#e4e4df

Tones

Color #555749 mixed toward gray.

#54564a

#53554b

#53544d

#52524e

#51514f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.85:1

White text reads better on this background (7.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#56564d · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#56564e · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#554f50 · ΔE 11.1

Achromatopsia

#565656 · ΔE 7.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #555749;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#555749]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#555749 (#555749) is rgb(85, 87, 73) in RGB.

No, #555749 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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