#161609

Color #161609

A moderately saturated very dark yellow.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 9.85 Nearest Tailwind class olive-900 #1d1d16 · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#161609

RGB

rgb(22, 22, 9)

HSL

hsl(60, 41.9%, 6.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 59.1%, 8.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.1%, 91.4%)

LAB

lab(6.9, -2.42, 6.6)

LCH

lch(6.9, 7.03, 110.14)

OKLCH

oklch(19.6%, 0.0239, 108.51)

HWB

hwb(60, 3.5%, 91.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#090916

Analogous

#161009

#161609

#101609

Triadic

#161609

#091616

#160916

Split-complementary

#161609

#091016

#100916

Tetradic

#161609

#091609

#090916

#160916

Square

#161609

#091610

#090916

#160910

Shades

Color #161609 mixed toward black.

#121208

#0f0f06

#0b0b05

#070703

#040402

Tints

Color #161609 mixed toward white.

#4f4f20

#878737

#b9b955

#d1d18e

#e8e8c6

Tones

Color #161609 mixed toward gray.

#15150a

#14140b

#13130c

#12120d

#11110e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

18.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.15:1

White text reads better on this background (18.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#16160d · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#16160e · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#161010 · ΔE 8.7

Achromatopsia

#151515 · ΔE 6.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #161609;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#161609]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#161609 (#161609) is rgb(22, 22, 9) in RGB.

No, #161609 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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