HEX atlas value

#5F5F3A

#5F5F3A is a warm yellow HEX color close to Dark Olive Green. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 95, 95, 58, HSL 60, 24%, 30%, has luminance 0.1092, and belongs to the muted and earth tone groups.

yellow warm muted earth-tone

#5F5F3A Sample readable text

HEX #5F5F3A

RGB rgb(95, 95, 58)

HSL hsl(60 24% 30%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 0, 39, 63)

Luminance 0.1092

Contrast Black 3.18:1White 6.6:1

CSS

--color-5f5f3a: #5F5F3A;
.background-5f5f3a { background-color: #5F5F3A; }
.text-5f5f3a { color: #5F5F3A; }

Luminance0.1092

Black text3.18:1AA Fail

White text6.6:1AA 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":"#5F5F3A","rgb":[95,95,58],"hsl":[60,24,30],"cmyk":[0,0,39,63],"luminance":0.1092,"contrast":{"black":3.18,"white":6.6}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":3.18,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":6.6,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#262617","hex":"#262617","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.37,"contrastWhite":15.31,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#3A3A5F","hex":"#3A3A5F","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.95,"contrastWhite":10.77,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#4E4E4B","hex":"#4E4E4B","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.52,"contrastWhite":8.35,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#5F4D3A","hex":"#5F4D3A","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.61,"contrastWhite":8.05,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Umber","hex":"#635147","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.8,"contrastWhite":7.51,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","muted","earth tone","muted yellow","earth tone yellow","Dark Olive Green adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes","natural palettes","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/5f5f3a.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-olive-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/umber.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/loam.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#3A3A5F","analogous":["#5F4D3A","#4D5F3A"],"triadic":["#3A5F5F","#5F3A5F"],"tetradic":["#3A5F4D","#3A3A5F","#5F3A4D"],"splitComplementary":["#3A4C5F","#4C3A5F"],"monochromatic":["#98985D","#5F5F3A","#262617"]}

Variants

{"light":"#98985D","dark":"#262617","saturated":"#707029","desaturated":"#4E4E4B","pastel":"#979782","neon":"#C2C200"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"dark-olive-green","name":"Dark Olive Green","hex":"#556B2F","distance":19.1049731745428},{"slug":"umber","name":"Umber","hex":"#635147","distance":19.519221295943137},{"slug":"loam","name":"Loam","hex":"#6B4F3A","distance":20},{"slug":"coffee","name":"Coffee","hex":"#6F4E37","distance":23.53720459187964},{"slug":"moss-deep","name":"Moss Deep","hex":"#4A5D23","distance":31.20897306865447}]

HEX meaning and use

About #5F5F3A

#5F5F3A is classified as a warm yellow value with muted and earth tone visual character. #5F5F3A is visually closest to Dark Olive Green, a named green color with HEX #556B2F.

The RGB channels are 95, 95, and 58, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 60deg with 24% saturation and 30% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-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 muted interface themes. Its luminance is 0.1092, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 19.10, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text3.18:1AA Fail

White text6.6:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #5F5F3A needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000003.18:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF6.6:1 · AA

Accessible Alternatives

#262617#FFFFFF text · best 15.31:1#262617

#3A3A5F#FFFFFF text · best 10.77:1#3A3A5F

#4E4E4B#FFFFFF text · best 8.35:1#4E4E4B

#5F4D3A#FFFFFF text · best 8.05:1#5F4D3A

Umber#FFFFFF text · best 7.51:1#635147

Generated Palette

#5F5F3A#5F5F3A

#3A3A5F#3A3A5F

#5F4D3A#5F4D3A

#4D5F3A#4D5F3A

#98985D#98985D

#262617#262617

Color Harmonies

#3A3A5F#3A3A5F

#5F4D3A#5F4D3A

#4D5F3A#4D5F3A

#3A5F5F#3A5F5F

#5F3A5F#5F3A5F

Variants

#98985D#98985D

#262617#262617

#707029#707029

#4E4E4B#4E4E4B

#979782#979782

#C2C200#C2C200

Nearest Named Colors

Dark Olive Green#556B2F

Umber#635147

Loam#6B4F3A

Coffee#6F4E37

Moss Deep#4A5D23

#5F5F3A

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #5F5F3A

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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