#5e5d27

Color #5e5d27

A moderately saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 11.68 Nearest Tailwind class lime-900 #35530e · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5e5d27

RGB

rgb(94, 93, 39)

HSL

hsl(58.9, 41.4%, 26.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(58.9, 58.5%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 58.5%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(38.47, -7.77, 30.64)

LCH

lch(38.47, 31.61, 104.23)

OKLCH

oklch(46.7%, 0.0751, 108)

HWB

hwb(58.9, 15.3%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#27285e

Analogous

#5e4227

#5e5d27

#445e27

Triadic

#5e5d27

#275e5d

#5d275e

Split-complementary

#5e5d27

#27445e

#42275e

Tetradic

#5e5d27

#285e27

#27285e

#5d275e

Square

#5e5d27

#275e42

#27285e

#5e2744

Shades

Color #5e5d27 mixed toward black.

#4e4e21

#3f3e1a

#2f2f14

#1f1f0d

#101007

Tints

Color #5e5d27 mixed toward white.

#8b8939

#b5b34d

#c8c67a

#dad9a6

#edecd3

Tones

Color #5e5d27 mixed toward gray.

#5a592c

#555430

#505035

#4c4b39

#47473e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.07:1

White text reads better on this background (6.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5e3a · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#5e5e3d · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#5e4547 · ΔE 27.9

Achromatopsia

#5b5b5b · ΔE 18.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e5d27;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e5d27]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#5e5d27 (#5e5d27) is rgb(94, 93, 39) in RGB.

No, #5e5d27 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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