#9b9c8a

Color #9b9c8a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.37 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9b9c8a

RGB

rgb(155, 156, 138)

HSL

hsl(63.3, 8.3%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(63.3, 11.5%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(63.82, -3.65, 9.31)

LCH

lch(63.82, 10, 111.41)

OKLCH

oklch(68.7%, 0.0257, 109.56)

HWB

hwb(63.3, 54.1%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b8a9c

Analogous

#9c948a

#9b9c8a

#929c8a

Triadic

#9b9c8a

#8a9b9c

#9c8a9b

Split-complementary

#9b9c8a

#8a929c

#948a9c

Tetradic

#9b9c8a

#8a9c8b

#8b8a9c

#9c8a9b

Square

#9b9c8a

#8a9c94

#8b8a9c

#9c8a92

Shades

Color #9b9c8a mixed toward black.

#838570

#696a5a

#4f5043

#35352d

#1a1b16

Tints

Color #9b9c8a mixed toward white.

#acac9d

#bcbdb1

#cdcdc4

#deded8

#eeeeeb

Tones

Color #9b9c8a mixed toward gray.

#9a9a8b

#98998d

#97978e

#969690

#949491

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9b8f · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#9b9b90 · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#9b9293 · ΔE 12.6

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 8.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #9b9c8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b9c8a]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#9b9c8a (#9b9c8a) is rgb(155, 156, 138) in RGB.

No, #9b9c8a 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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