#999f79

Color #999f79

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f · ΔE 17.05 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#999f79

RGB

rgb(153, 159, 121)

HSL

hsl(69.5, 16.5%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(69.5, 23.9%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 23.9%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(64.12, -8.79, 19.17)

LCH

lch(64.12, 21.09, 114.63)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.0537, 115.13)

HWB

hwb(69.5, 47.5%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7f799f

Analogous

#9f9279

#999f79

#869f79

Triadic

#999f79

#79999f

#9f7999

Split-complementary

#999f79

#79869f

#92799f

Tetradic

#999f79

#799f7f

#7f799f

#9f7999

Square

#999f79

#799f92

#7f799f

#9f7986

Shades

Color #999f79 mixed toward black.

#828861

#686d4e

#4e523a

#343627

#1a1b13

Tints

Color #999f79 mixed toward white.

#aaaf8f

#bbbfa6

#cccfbc

#dddfd2

#eeefe9

Tones

Color #999f79 mixed toward gray.

#979c7c

#95997f

#929583

#909286

#8e8f89

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9c83 · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#9b9b86 · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#998b8d · ΔE 22.7

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 15.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #999f79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#999f79]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#999f79 (#999f79) is rgb(153, 159, 121) in RGB.

No, #999f79 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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