#5e5c09

Color #5e5c09

A vivid, highly saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 16.05 Nearest Tailwind class lime-800 #3c6300 · ΔE 10.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5e5c09

RGB

rgb(94, 92, 9)

HSL

hsl(58.6, 82.5%, 20.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(58.6, 90.4%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 90.4%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(37.94, -8.96, 42.51)

LCH

lch(37.94, 43.44, 101.9)

OKLCH

oklch(46.2%, 0.0959, 108.11)

HWB

hwb(58.6, 3.5%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#090b5e

Analogous

#5e3209

#5e5c09

#355e09

Triadic

#5e5c09

#095e5c

#5c095e

Split-complementary

#5e5c09

#09355e

#32095e

Tetradic

#5e5c09

#0b5e09

#090b5e

#5c095e

Square

#5e5c09

#095e32

#090b5e

#5e0935

Shades

Color #5e5c09 mixed toward black.

#4e4d08

#3f3d06

#2f2e05

#1f1f03

#100f02

Tints

Color #5e5c09 mixed toward white.

#9c990f

#dad515

#ede945

#f3f183

#f9f8c1

Tones

Color #5e5c09 mixed toward gray.

#575510

#504f17

#49481e

#424125

#3b3a2c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.01:1

White text reads better on this background (6.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5d2f · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#5d5d34 · ΔE 7.7

Tritanopia

#5e3e41 · ΔE 31.8

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e5c09;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e5c09]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#5e5c09 (#5e5c09) is rgb(94, 92, 9) in RGB.

No, #5e5c09 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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