#9a9a8b

Color #9a9a8b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.3 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9a9a8b

RGB

rgb(154, 154, 139)

HSL

hsl(60, 6.9%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 9.7%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 9.7%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(63.21, -2.75, 7.88)

LCH

lch(63.21, 8.35, 109.24)

OKLCH

oklch(68.2%, 0.0214, 107.08)

HWB

hwb(60, 54.5%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b8b9a

Analogous

#9a938b

#9a9a8b

#939a8b

Triadic

#9a9a8b

#8b9a9a

#9a8b9a

Split-complementary

#9a9a8b

#8b939a

#938b9a

Tetradic

#9a9a8b

#8b9a8b

#8b8b9a

#9a8b9a

Square

#9a9a8b

#8b9a93

#8b8b9a

#9a8b93

Shades

Color #9a9a8b mixed toward black.

#838372

#68685b

#4e4e44

#34342e

#1a1a17

Tints

Color #9a9a8b mixed toward white.

#abab9e

#bcbcb2

#cdcdc5

#ddddd8

#eeeeec

Tones

Color #9a9a8b mixed toward gray.

#99998c

#98988e

#96968f

#959590

#949491

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9a8f · ΔE 1.8

Deuteranopia

#9a9a90 · ΔE 2.2

Tritanopia

#9a9292 · ΔE 10.2

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 7.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9a9a8b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9a9a8b]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#9a9a8b (#9a9a8b) is rgb(154, 154, 139) in RGB.

No, #9a9a8b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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