#555c1a

Color #555c1a

A moderately saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 9.4 Nearest Tailwind class lime-900 #35530e · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#555c1a

RGB

rgb(85, 92, 26)

HSL

hsl(66.4, 55.9%, 23.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.4, 71.7%, 36.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.6%, 0%, 71.7%, 63.9%)

LAB

lab(37.23, -12.51, 35.44)

LCH

lch(37.23, 37.58, 109.44)

OKLCH

oklch(45.5%, 0.0882, 115.17)

HWB

hwb(66.4, 10.2%, 63.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#211a5c

Analogous

#5c421a

#555c1a

#345c1a

Triadic

#555c1a

#1a555c

#5c1a55

Split-complementary

#555c1a

#1a345c

#421a5c

Tetradic

#555c1a

#1a5c21

#211a5c

#5c1a55

Square

#555c1a

#1a5c42

#211a5c

#5c1a34

Shades

Color #555c1a mixed toward black.

#474d16

#393d11

#2a2e0d

#1c1f09

#0e0f04

Tints

Color #555c1a mixed toward white.

#848f28

#b3c237

#c8d466

#dae299

#edf1cc

Tones

Color #555c1a mixed toward gray.

#50561f

#4c5125

#484b2a

#444630

#3f4035

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.93:1

White text reads better on this background (7.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#585834 · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#585738 · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#554143 · ΔE 29.6

Achromatopsia

#585858 · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #555c1a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#555c1a]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#555c1a (#555c1a) is rgb(85, 92, 26) in RGB.

No, #555c1a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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