#979796

Color #979796

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.82 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#979796

RGB

rgb(151, 151, 150)

HSL

hsl(60, 0.5%, 59%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 0.7%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 0.7%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(62.44, -0.19, 0.53)

LCH

lch(62.44, 0.56, 109.72)

OKLCH

oklch(67.6%, 0.0015, 105.95)

HWB

hwb(60, 58.8%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#969697

Analogous

#979696

#979796

#969796

Triadic

#979796

#969797

#979697

Split-complementary

#979796

#969697

Tetradic

#979796

#969796

#969697

#979697

Square

#979796

#969796

#969697

#979696

Shades

Color #979796 mixed toward black.

#7e7e7d

#656564

#4c4c4b

#323232

#191919

Tints

Color #979796 mixed toward white.

#a8a8a7

#babab9

#cbcbca

#dcdcdc

#eeeeed

Tones

Color #979796 mixed toward gray.

#979796

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#979796 · ΔE 0

Deuteranopia

#979796 · ΔE 0

Tritanopia

#979696 · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 0.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #979796;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#979796]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#979796 (#979796) is rgb(151, 151, 150) in RGB.

No, #979796 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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