#9b9b3a

Color #9b9b3a

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 12.77 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 13.5

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Conversions

HEX

#9b9b3a

RGB

rgb(155, 155, 58)

HSL

hsl(60, 45.5%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 62.6%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.6%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(62.27, -12.77, 49.26)

LCH

lch(62.27, 50.89, 104.53)

OKLCH

oklch(67%, 0.1188, 109.21)

HWB

hwb(60, 22.7%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3a3a9b

Analogous

#9b6b3a

#9b9b3a

#6b9b3a

Triadic

#9b9b3a

#3a9b9b

#9b3a9b

Split-complementary

#9b9b3a

#3a6b9b

#6b3a9b

Tetradic

#9b9b3a

#3a9b3a

#3a3a9b

#9b3a9b

Square

#9b9b3a

#3a9b6b

#3a3a9b

#9b3a6b

Shades

Color #9b9b3a mixed toward black.

#818130

#676727

#4e4e1d

#343413

#1a1a0a

Tints

Color #9b9b3a mixed toward white.

#bcbc4b

#c9c96f

#d7d793

#e4e4b7

#f2f2db

Tones

Color #9b9b3a mixed toward gray.

#939342

#8b8b4a

#838352

#7b7b5a

#737363

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9b5e · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#9b9b64 · ΔE 7.4

Tritanopia

#9b7175 · ΔE 36.6

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 23.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9b9b3a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b9b3a]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#9b9b3a (#9b9b3a) is rgb(155, 155, 58) in RGB.

No, #9b9b3a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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