#96987b

Color #96987b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 17.72 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#96987b

RGB

rgb(150, 152, 123)

HSL

hsl(64.1, 12.3%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(64.1, 19.1%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 19.1%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(61.97, -5.87, 15.06)

LCH

lch(61.97, 16.16, 111.29)

OKLCH

oklch(67%, 0.0413, 110.72)

HWB

hwb(64.1, 48.2%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7d7b98

Analogous

#988b7b

#96987b

#87987b

Triadic

#96987b

#7b9698

#987b96

Split-complementary

#96987b

#7b8798

#8b7b98

Tetradic

#96987b

#7b987d

#7d7b98

#987b96

Square

#96987b

#7b988b

#7d7b98

#987b87

Shades

Color #96987b mixed toward black.

#7f8164

#656750

#4c4d3c

#333328

#191a14

Tints

Color #96987b mixed toward white.

#a7a991

#b9baa7

#cacbbd

#dcddd3

#edeee9

Tones

Color #96987b mixed toward gray.

#94957d

#929380

#909182

#8e8e85

#8c8c87

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#979783 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#979785 · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#96898a · ΔE 18.3

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 12.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #96987b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#96987b]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#96987b (#96987b) is rgb(150, 152, 123) in RGB.

No, #96987b 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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