#5b5620

Color #5b5620

A moderately saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 14.57 Nearest Tailwind class lime-900 #35530e · ΔE 11.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5b5620

RGB

rgb(91, 86, 32)

HSL

hsl(54.9, 48%, 24.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(54.9, 64.8%, 35.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 64.8%, 64.3%)

LAB

lab(35.95, -5.7, 31.37)

LCH

lch(35.95, 31.88, 100.3)

OKLCH

oklch(44.6%, 0.0742, 104.04)

HWB

hwb(54.9, 12.5%, 64.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#20255b

Analogous

#5b3820

#5b5620

#425b20

Triadic

#5b5620

#205b56

#56205b

Split-complementary

#5b5620

#20425b

#38205b

Tetradic

#5b5620

#255b20

#20255b

#56205b

Square

#5b5620

#205b38

#20255b

#5b2042

Shades

Color #5b5620 mixed toward black.

#4c481b

#3d3915

#2d2b10

#1e1d0b

#0f0e05

Tints

Color #5b5620 mixed toward white.

#8b8331

#bab042

#cdc570

#ddd8a0

#eeeccf

Tones

Color #5b5620 mixed toward gray.

#565225

#514e2a

#4c4a2f

#474634

#424239

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.8:1

White text reads better on this background (7.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#595933 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#595a37 · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#5b3e40 · ΔE 27.6

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 18.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b5620;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b5620]

Related colors

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Gold #ffd700

Ivory #fffff0

Frequently asked questions

#5b5620 (#5b5620) is rgb(91, 86, 32) in RGB.

No, #5b5620 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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