HEX Color #5F500F (Darkolivegreen)

About #5F500F

The precise color #5F500F is an excellent choice for modern design projects. Designers often compare it to the standard color Darkolivegreen. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 95, 80, and 15.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). Its ink density profile breaks down to 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 84% yellow, and 63% black. The HSL representation is 48.8° hue, 72.7% saturation, and 21.6% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#5F500F

RGB95, 80, 15

HSL48.8°, 72.7%, 21.6%

CMYK0%, 16%, 84%, 63%

HSV48.8°, 84.2%, 37.3%

LAB34.4, -1.2, 37.6

XYZ7.7, 8.2, 1.6

Decimal6246415

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#5F500F #0F1E5E

Analogous

#5E280F #465E0F

Triadic

#0F5E50 #500F5E

Tetradic

#0F5E28 #0F1E5E #5E0F46

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#5F500F

#706329

#827644

#948A5F

#A69D79

#B7B194

#C9C4AF

#DBD8C9

#EDEBE4

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#5F500F

#54470D

#493E0B

#3F350A

#342C08

#2A2306

#1F1A05

#151103

#0A0801

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

7.95:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AAA

2.64:1

Text on #000000

FAIL

7.60:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AAA

2.25:1

Text on #0F172A

FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #5F500F; }

.text-color { color: #5F500F; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #5F500F; }

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