#5a5b50

Color #5a5b50

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 9.12 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5a5b50

RGB

rgb(90, 91, 80)

HSL

hsl(65.5, 6.4%, 33.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.5, 12.1%, 35.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 12.1%, 64.3%)

LAB

lab(38.26, -2.62, 6.21)

LCH

lch(38.26, 6.74, 112.87)

OKLCH

oklch(46.7%, 0.0173, 111.37)

HWB

hwb(65.5, 31.4%, 64.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#51505b

Analogous

#5b5650

#5a5b50

#545b50

Triadic

#5a5b50

#505a5b

#5b505a

Split-complementary

#5a5b50

#50545b

#56505b

Tetradic

#5a5b50

#505b51

#51505b

#5b505a

Square

#5a5b50

#505b56

#51505b

#5b5054

Shades

Color #5a5b50 mixed toward black.

#4b4c43

#3c3d35

#2d2d28

#1e1e1b

#0f0f0d

Tints

Color #5a5b50 mixed toward white.

#78796a

#949587

#afb0a5

#c9cac3

#e4e5e1

Tones

Color #5a5b50 mixed toward gray.

#595a51

#585952

#585853

#575754

#565655

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.05:1

White text reads better on this background (6.89:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5a5a53 · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#5a5a53 · ΔE 2.2

Tritanopia

#5a5555 · ΔE 8.3

Achromatopsia

#5a5a5a · ΔE 6.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a5b50;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a5b50]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#5a5b50 (#5a5b50) is rgb(90, 91, 80) in RGB.

No, #5a5b50 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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