#96997e

Color #96997e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 16.59 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#96997e

RGB

rgb(150, 153, 126)

HSL

hsl(66.7, 11.7%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.7, 17.6%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(2%, 0%, 17.6%, 40%)

LAB

lab(62.32, -5.93, 13.86)

LCH

lch(62.32, 15.08, 113.16)

OKLCH

oklch(67.3%, 0.0386, 112.57)

HWB

hwb(66.7, 49.4%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#817e99

Analogous

#998f7e

#96997e

#88997e

Triadic

#96997e

#7e9699

#997e96

Split-complementary

#96997e

#7e8899

#8f7e99

Tetradic

#96997e

#7e9981

#817e99

#997e96

Square

#96997e

#7e998f

#817e99

#997e88

Shades

Color #96997e mixed toward black.

#7f8267

#656852

#4c4e3e

#333429

#191a15

Tints

Color #96997e mixed toward white.

#a7aa93

#b9bba9

#caccbe

#dcddd4

#edeee9

Tones

Color #96997e mixed toward gray.

#949780

#929482

#919285

#8f9087

#8d8e89

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#979785 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#979787 · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#968b8c · ΔE 17.2

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 12

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #96997e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#96997e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#96997e (#96997e) is rgb(150, 153, 126) in RGB.

No, #96997e 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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