#5F5000

A very dark, vivid yellow closely aligning with Darkolivegreen.

About #5F5000

At its core, #5F5000 is a very dark and vivid hue. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Darkolivegreen. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 95, 80, and 0.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 16% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#5F5000
RGB95, 80, 0
HSL50.5°, 100.0%, 18.6%
CMYK0%, 16%, 100%, 63%
HSV50.5°, 100.0%, 37.3%
LAB34.3, -1.7, 42.6
XYZ7.6, 8.2, 1.2
Decimal6246400

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

7.97:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
2.63:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
7.62:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
2.24:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #5F5000; }
.text-color { color: #5F5000; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #5F5000; }

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