HEX atlas value

#5B5E26

#5B5E26 is a warm yellow HEX color close to Dark Olive Green. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 91, 94, 38, HSL 63, 42%, 26%, has luminance 0.1037, and belongs to the earth tone group.

yellow warm earth-tone

#5B5E26 Sample readable text

HEX #5B5E26

RGB rgb(91, 94, 38)

HSL hsl(63 42% 26%)

CMYK cmyk(3, 0, 60, 63)

Luminance 0.1037

Contrast Black 3.07:1White 6.83:1

CSS

--color-5b5e26: #5B5E26;
.background-5b5e26 { background-color: #5B5E26; }
.text-5b5e26 { color: #5B5E26; }

Luminance0.1037

Black text3.07:1AA Fail

White text6.83:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#5B5E26","rgb":[91,94,38],"hsl":[63,42,26],"cmyk":[3,0,60,63],"luminance":0.1037,"contrast":{"black":3.07,"white":6.83}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":3.07,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":6.83,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#1C1D0C","hex":"#1C1D0C","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.23,"contrastWhite":17.07,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#29265E","hex":"#29265E","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.53,"contrastWhite":13.69,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#5E4526","hex":"#5E4526","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.36,"contrastWhite":8.91,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#4E5035","hex":"#4E5035","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.52,"contrastWhite":8.33,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Loam","hex":"#6B4F3A","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.8,"contrastWhite":7.49,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","earth tone","earth tone yellow","Dark Olive Green adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","natural palettes","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/5b5e26.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-olive-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/moss-deep.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/fern-frond.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#29265E","analogous":["#5E4526","#405E26"],"triadic":["#265B5E","#5E265B"],"tetradic":["#265E45","#29265E","#5E2640"],"splitComplementary":["#26405E","#45265E"],"monochromatic":["#9B9F41","#5B5E26","#1C1D0C"]}

Variants

{"light":"#9B9F41","dark":"#1C1D0C","saturated":"#686D18","desaturated":"#4E5035","pastel":"#A0A460","neon":"#A5AD00"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"dark-olive-green","name":"Dark Olive Green","hex":"#556B2F","distance":16.911534525287763},{"slug":"moss-deep","name":"Moss Deep","hex":"#4A5D23","distance":17.291616465790582},{"slug":"fern-frond","name":"Fern Frond","hex":"#657220","distance":23.15167380558045},{"slug":"loam","name":"Loam","hex":"#6B4F3A","distance":29.68164415931166},{"slug":"coffee","name":"Coffee","hex":"#6F4E37","distance":30.740852297878796}]

HEX meaning and use

About #5B5E26

#5B5E26 is classified as a warm yellow value with earth tone visual character. #5B5E26 is visually closest to Dark Olive Green, a named green color with HEX #556B2F.

The RGB channels are 91, 94, and 38, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 63deg with 42% saturation and 26% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and natural palettes. Its luminance is 0.1037, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 16.91, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text3.07:1AA Fail

White text6.83:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #5B5E26 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000003.07:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF6.83:1 · AA

Accessible Alternatives

#1C1D0C#FFFFFF text · best 17.07:1#1C1D0C

#29265E#FFFFFF text · best 13.69:1#29265E

#5E4526#FFFFFF text · best 8.91:1#5E4526

#4E5035#FFFFFF text · best 8.33:1#4E5035

Loam#FFFFFF text · best 7.49:1#6B4F3A

Generated Palette

#5B5E26#5B5E26

#29265E#29265E

#5E4526#5E4526

#405E26#405E26

#9B9F41#9B9F41

#1C1D0C#1C1D0C

Color Harmonies

#29265E#29265E

#5E4526#5E4526

#405E26#405E26

#265B5E#265B5E

#5E265B#5E265B

Variants

#9B9F41#9B9F41

#1C1D0C#1C1D0C

#686D18#686D18

#4E5035#4E5035

#A0A460#A0A460

#A5AD00#A5AD00

Nearest Named Colors

Dark Olive Green#556B2F

Moss Deep#4A5D23

Fern Frond#657220

Loam#6B4F3A

Coffee#6F4E37

#5B5E26

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #5B5E26

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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