#5b6040

Color #5b6040

A muted dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 17.17 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5b6040

RGB

rgb(91, 96, 64)

HSL

hsl(69.4, 20%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(69.4, 33.3%, 37.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 33.3%, 62.4%)

LAB

lab(39.51, -7.87, 17.67)

LCH

lch(39.51, 19.34, 114.01)

OKLCH

oklch(47.6%, 0.0488, 115.46)

HWB

hwb(69.4, 25.1%, 62.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#454060

Analogous

#605540

#5b6040

#4b6040

Triadic

#5b6040

#405b60

#60405b

Split-complementary

#5b6040

#404b60

#554060

Tetradic

#5b6040

#406045

#454060

#60405b

Square

#5b6040

#406055

#454060

#60404b

Shades

Color #5b6040 mixed toward black.

#4c5035

#3d402b

#2e3020

#1e2015

#0f100b

Tints

Color #5b6040 mixed toward white.

#7c8357

#9aa273

#b4b996

#cdd0b9

#e6e8dc

Tones

Color #5b6040 mixed toward gray.

#595d43

#575b45

#565848

#54554b

#52534d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.19:1

White text reads better on this background (6.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5d49 · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#5d5d4b · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#5b5051 · ΔE 20.4

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 14.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b6040;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b6040]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#5b6040 (#5b6040) is rgb(91, 96, 64) in RGB.

No, #5b6040 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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