Palettes / Colors / #565239

#565239 — Dusty Yellow

#565239 is a yellow color we call Dusty Yellow, closest to the named color DarkOliveGreen (#556B2F). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkolivegreen (#556B2F) — not an exact match. CSS darkolivegreen gives you #556B2F, a different color; use #565239 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#565239 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #393D56; it also sits naturally between #564439 and #4B5639. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 34% · Green 32% · Blue 22%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 5% · Yellow 34% · Key 66%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #565239

.text { color: #565239; }
.background { background-color: #565239; }
.border { border: 3px solid #565239; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(86, 82, 57); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(52, 20%, 28%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #565239; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(86, 82, 57, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #565239; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(86, 82, 57, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#565239">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#565239">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #393D56:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #565239: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #565239

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #565239 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #565239 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #565238  ·  #56523A →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #565239?

#565239 is Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 86, 82, 57). Its closest standard named color is DarkOliveGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #565239?

#565239 is RGB 86, 82, 57 — HSL 52°, 20%, 28% — CMYK 0%, 5%, 34%, 66%.

What colors go with #565239?

Its complement is #393D56; analogous partners are #564439 and #4B5639. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #565239 for text?

White text on #565239 has a contrast ratio of 7.89:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 2.66:1.