#555b2e

Color #555b2e

A muted dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 11.56 Nearest Tailwind class lime-900 #35530e · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#555b2e

RGB

rgb(85, 91, 46)

HSL

hsl(68, 32.8%, 26.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68, 49.5%, 35.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 49.5%, 64.3%)

LAB

lab(37.13, -10.08, 25.02)

LCH

lch(37.13, 26.97, 111.94)

OKLCH

oklch(45.5%, 0.0664, 115.33)

HWB

hwb(68, 18%, 64.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#342e5b

Analogous

#5b4b2e

#555b2e

#3f5b2e

Triadic

#555b2e

#2e555b

#5b2e55

Split-complementary

#555b2e

#2e3f5b

#4b2e5b

Tetradic

#555b2e

#2e5b34

#342e5b

#5b2e55

Square

#555b2e

#2e5b4b

#342e5b

#5b2e3f

Shades

Color #555b2e mixed toward black.

#474c26

#393d1f

#2b2e17

#1c1e0f

#0e0f08

Tints

Color #555b2e mixed toward white.

#7c8443

#a1ab5a

#b8c083

#d0d5ac

#e7ead6

Tones

Color #555b2e mixed toward gray.

#525732

#505436

#4d5039

#4a4c3d

#474841

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.92:1

White text reads better on this background (7.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#58583d · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#575740 · ΔE 7.1

Tritanopia

#554648 · ΔE 25.8

Achromatopsia

#575757 · ΔE 17.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #555b2e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#555b2e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#555b2e (#555b2e) is rgb(85, 91, 46) in RGB.

No, #555b2e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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