Information about #5B712B color

#5B712B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#5B712B falls into the Chartreuse Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(91, 113, 43) — 35.7% red, 44.3% green, 16.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 9 / 0 / 27 / 56. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #5B712B reads as a pleasantly vivid yellow-green and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Dark Olive Green (#556B2F). Slightly further away sit Green Leaf (#526B2D) and Rain Forest (#667028).

The recipe behind #5B712B is rgb(91, 113, 43), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #5B712B: 5.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.8:1 for black. No one has named #5B712B so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#5B712B color variations

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#5B712B color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #5B712B

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Green Leaf color link
Green Leaf

#526B2D

Rain Forest color link
Rain Forest

#667028

Wimbledon color link
Wimbledon

#536D33

Fiji Green color link
Fiji Green

#636F22

Muddy Green color link
Muddy Green

#657432

Camo Green color link
Camo Green

#526525

Sap Green color link
Sap Green

#507D2A

Dirty Green color link
Dirty Green

#667E2C

Fern Frond color link
Fern Frond

#575E2E

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#5B712B
  • RGB91, 113, 43
  • CMYK9, 0, 27, 56
  • CSSrgb(91, 113, 43)
  • HSL79°, 45%, 31%
  • HSL Precise78.857°, 44.872%, 30.588%
  • HSV79°, 62%, 44%
  • HSB79°, 62%, 44%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.357
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.443
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.169
  • GLSLvec3(0.357, 0.443, 0.169)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.357, 0.443, 0.169, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.357, 0.443, 0.169)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB35.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB44.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB16.9%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID5B712B
  • DECIMAL ID5992747
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01