#999b78

Color #999b78

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 17.96 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#999b78

RGB

rgb(153, 155, 120)

HSL

hsl(63.4, 14.9%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(63.4, 22.6%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 22.6%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(62.99, -6.79, 18.17)

LCH

lch(62.99, 19.4, 110.49)

OKLCH

oklch(67.9%, 0.0493, 110.31)

HWB

hwb(63.4, 47.1%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7a789b

Analogous

#9b8b78

#999b78

#879b78

Triadic

#999b78

#78999b

#9b7899

Split-complementary

#999b78

#78879b

#8b789b

Tetradic

#999b78

#789b7a

#7a789b

#9b7899

Square

#999b78

#789b8b

#7a789b

#9b7887

Shades

Color #999b78 mixed toward black.

#828461

#68694e

#4e4f3a

#343527

#1a1a13

Tints

Color #999b78 mixed toward white.

#aaac8e

#bbbca5

#cccdbb

#ddded2

#eeeee8

Tones

Color #999b78 mixed toward gray.

#96987b

#94957e

#919281

#8f8f84

#8c8c87

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9a82 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#9a9a84 · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#99898a · ΔE 21.1

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 14.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #999b78;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#999b78]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#999b78 (#999b78) is rgb(153, 155, 120) in RGB.

No, #999b78 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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