#97978b

Color #97978b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.76 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#97978b

RGB

rgb(151, 151, 139)

HSL

hsl(60, 5.5%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 7.9%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 7.9%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(62.15, -2.23, 6.32)

LCH

lch(62.15, 6.7, 109.44)

OKLCH

oklch(67.3%, 0.0172, 106.86)

HWB

hwb(60, 54.5%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b8b97

Analogous

#97918b

#97978b

#91978b

Triadic

#97978b

#8b9797

#978b97

Split-complementary

#97978b

#8b9197

#918b97

Tetradic

#97978b

#8b978b

#8b8b97

#978b97

Square

#97978b

#8b9791

#8b8b97

#978b91

Shades

Color #97978b mixed toward black.

#808072

#66665b

#4d4d45

#33332e

#1a1a17

Tints

Color #97978b mixed toward white.

#a8a89e

#babab2

#cbcbc5

#dcdcd8

#eeeeec

Tones

Color #97978b mixed toward gray.

#96968c

#95958d

#94948e

#93938f

#929290

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#97978e · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#97978f · ΔE 1.9

Tritanopia

#979091 · ΔE 9.1

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 6.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #97978b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#97978b]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#97978b (#97978b) is rgb(151, 151, 139) in RGB.

No, #97978b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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