#5c5e50

Color #5c5e50

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 9.94 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5c5e50

RGB

rgb(92, 94, 80)

HSL

hsl(68.6, 8%, 34.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68.6, 14.9%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 14.9%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(39.34, -3.58, 7.77)

LCH

lch(39.34, 8.56, 114.74)

OKLCH

oklch(47.6%, 0.022, 113.88)

HWB

hwb(68.6, 31.4%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#52505e

Analogous

#5e5950

#5c5e50

#555e50

Triadic

#5c5e50

#505c5e

#5e505c

Split-complementary

#5c5e50

#50555e

#59505e

Tetradic

#5c5e50

#505e52

#52505e

#5e505c

Square

#5c5e50

#505e59

#52505e

#5e5055

Shades

Color #5c5e50 mixed toward black.

#4d4e43

#3d3f35

#2e2f28

#1f1f1b

#0f100d

Tints

Color #5c5e50 mixed toward white.

#7a7c6a

#959886

#b0b2a4

#cacbc3

#e5e5e1

Tones

Color #5c5e50 mixed toward gray.

#5b5d51

#5a5c52

#595a53

#595955

#585856

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.17:1

White text reads better on this background (6.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5d54 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#5d5d54 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#5c5657 · ΔE 11

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 7.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5c5e50;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5c5e50]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#5c5e50 (#5c5e50) is rgb(92, 94, 80) in RGB.

No, #5c5e50 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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