#9c917c

Color #9c917c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium orange.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 14.44 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#9c917c

RGB

rgb(156, 145, 124)

HSL

hsl(39.4, 13.9%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(39.4, 20.5%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 20.5%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(60.58, 0.5, 12.63)

LCH

lch(60.58, 12.64, 87.73)

OKLCH

oklch(66%, 0.0327, 83.51)

HWB

hwb(39.4, 48.6%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7c879c

Analogous

#9c817c

#9c917c

#979c7c

Triadic

#9c917c

#7c9c91

#917c9c

Split-complementary

#9c917c

#7c979c

#817c9c

Tetradic

#9c917c

#879c7c

#7c879c

#917c9c

Square

#9c917c

#7c9c81

#7c879c

#9c7c97

Shades

Color #9c917c mixed toward black.

#857a64

#6a6150

#50493c

#353128

#1b1814

Tints

Color #9c917c mixed toward white.

#aca392

#bdb6a8

#cdc8be

#dedad3

#eeede9

Tones

Color #9c917c mixed toward gray.

#99907f

#978f81

#948e84

#918e87

#8f8d89

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#979781 · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#989983 · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#9b8686 · ΔE 13.3

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 9.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c917c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c917c]

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Frequently asked questions

#9c917c (#9c917c) is rgb(156, 145, 124) in RGB.

No, #9c917c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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