#9b9c94

Color #9b9c94

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.83 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9b9c94

RGB

rgb(155, 156, 148)

HSL

hsl(67.5, 3.9%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.5, 5.1%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 5.1%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(64.07, -1.87, 4.06)

LCH

lch(64.07, 4.47, 114.73)

OKLCH

oklch(69%, 0.0116, 112.35)

HWB

hwb(67.5, 58%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#95949c

Analogous

#9c9994

#9b9c94

#979c94

Triadic

#9b9c94

#949b9c

#9c949b

Split-complementary

#9b9c94

#94979c

#99949c

Tetradic

#9b9c94

#949c95

#95949c

#9c949b

Square

#9b9c94

#949c99

#95949c

#9c9497

Shades

Color #9b9c94 mixed toward black.

#82847a

#686961

#4e4f49

#343531

#1a1a18

Tints

Color #9b9c94 mixed toward white.

#acaca6

#bcbdb8

#cdcdc9

#dededb

#eeeeed

Tones

Color #9b9c94 mixed toward gray.

#9a9b95

#999a96

#999997

#989997

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9b96 · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#9b9b96 · ΔE 1.7

Tritanopia

#9b9898 · ΔE 5.5

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 4.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9b9c94;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b9c94]

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Beige #f5f5dc

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Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#9b9c94 (#9b9c94) is rgb(155, 156, 148) in RGB.

No, #9b9c94 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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