#9b9e74

Color #9b9e74

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 17.48 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9b9e74

RGB

rgb(155, 158, 116)

HSL

hsl(64.3, 17.8%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(64.3, 26.6%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 26.6%, 38%)

LAB

lab(63.9, -8.21, 21.65)

LCH

lch(63.9, 23.15, 110.77)

OKLCH

oklch(68.6%, 0.0586, 111.22)

HWB

hwb(64.3, 45.5%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#77749e

Analogous

#9e8c74

#9b9e74

#869e74

Triadic

#9b9e74

#749b9e

#9e749b

Split-complementary

#9b9e74

#74869e

#8c749e

Tetradic

#9b9e74

#749e77

#77749e

#9e749b

Square

#9b9e74

#749e8c

#77749e

#9e7486

Shades

Color #9b9e74 mixed toward black.

#84865e

#696c4b

#4f5138

#353626

#1a1b13

Tints

Color #9b9e74 mixed toward white.

#acae8b

#bcbea2

#cdceb9

#dedfd1

#eeefe8

Tones

Color #9b9e74 mixed toward gray.

#989a77

#95977b

#92937e

#8f9082

#8c8c85

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9c80 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#9c9c82 · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#9b888a · ΔE 24.6

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 15.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9b9e74;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b9e74]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#9b9e74 (#9b9e74) is rgb(155, 158, 116) in RGB.

No, #9b9e74 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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