Colour

#5B5F37

#5B5F37
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5B5F37 is a yellow with RGB values 91, 95, 55 and HSL 66°, 27%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#5B5F37#5B5F37

HEX#5B5F37

RGBrgb(91, 95, 55)

RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.3725, 0.2157

RGB percentages35.7%, 37.3%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(66, 26.7%, 29.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(66, 42.1%, 37.3%)

CMYK4.2%, 0%, 42.1%, 62.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,988,151

CSS custom property--colour: #5B5F37;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10684WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness90.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.69:1

Contrast with white6.69:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B

Inverted#A4A0C8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#645B34no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#645C39no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Tritanopia#605B55no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 13.6 Dim grey · ΔE 24.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 27.4 Gray · ΔE 28 Sea green · ΔE 33.7 Slate grey · ΔE 36.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 13.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3B375F

Analogous#5F4F37, #475F37

Triadic#375B5F, #5F375B

Split complementary#37475F, #4F375F

Tetradic#375F4F, #3B375F, #5F3747

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C2C69C

Lighter +30%#AEB37C

Lighter +20%#99A05C

Lighter +10%#7A7F4A

Darker −10%#3C3F24

Darker −20%#1D1E12

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6A7224

Less saturated −25%#4C4C4A

Channel breakdown

R91

G95

B55

Red91 (35.7%)

Green95 (37.3%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue66°

Saturation (HSL)26.67%

Lightness29.41%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 5B · G 5F · B 37

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