Colour

#5B584B

#5B584B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dim grey

#5B584B is a yellow with RGB values 91, 88, 75 and HSL 49°, 10%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#5B584B#5B584B

HEX#5B584B

RGBrgb(91, 88, 75)

RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.3451, 0.2941

RGB percentages35.7%, 34.5%, 29.4%

HSLhsl(48.7, 9.6%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.7, 17.6%, 35.7%)

CMYK0%, 3.3%, 17.6%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,986,379

CSS custom property--colour: #5B584B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09712WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness87.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.14:1

Contrast with white7.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#585858

Inverted#A4A7B4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5B574Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#5C584Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Tritanopia#5E5654no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 10.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 16.8 Gray · ΔE 18.2 Slate grey · ΔE 24.2 Light slate grey · ΔE 26.7 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 10.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#4B4E5B

Analogous#5B504B, #565B4B

Triadic#4B5B58, #584B5B

Split complementary#4B565B, #504B5B

Tetradic#4B5B50, #4B4E5B, #5B4B56

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#C0BDB2

Lighter +30%#A9A596

Lighter +20%#928D7A

Lighter +10%#777362

Darker −10%#3F3D34

Darker −20%#23221D

Darker −30%#070706

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#706536

Less saturated −25%#535353

Channel breakdown

R91

G88

B75

Red91 (35.7%)

Green88 (34.5%)

Blue75 (29.4%)

Hue48.75°

Saturation (HSL)9.64%

Lightness32.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5B · G 58 · B 4B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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