#9a9a96

Color #9a9a96

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.17 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9a9a96

RGB

rgb(154, 154, 150)

HSL

hsl(60, 1.9%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 2.6%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 2.6%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(63.49, -0.76, 2.1)

LCH

lch(63.49, 2.23, 109.9)

OKLCH

oklch(68.5%, 0.0057, 106.22)

HWB

hwb(60, 58.8%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#96969a

Analogous

#9a9896

#9a9a96

#989a96

Triadic

#9a9a96

#969a9a

#9a969a

Split-complementary

#9a9a96

#96989a

#98969a

Tetradic

#9a9a96

#969a96

#96969a

#9a969a

Square

#9a9a96

#969a98

#96969a

#9a9698

Shades

Color #9a9a96 mixed toward black.

#81817c

#676763

#4d4d4b

#343432

#1a1a19

Tints

Color #9a9a96 mixed toward white.

#ababa8

#bcbcb9

#cccccb

#dddddc

#eeeeee

Tones

Color #9a9a96 mixed toward gray.

#9a9a96

#999997

#989898

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9a97 · ΔE 0.6

Deuteranopia

#9a9a97 · ΔE 0.6

Tritanopia

#9a9898 · ΔE 2.8

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 2.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9a9a96;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9a9a96]

Related colors

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Beige #f5f5dc

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Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#9a9a96 (#9a9a96) is rgb(154, 154, 150) in RGB.

No, #9a9a96 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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