#9c917e

Color #9c917e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium orange.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 13.56 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9c917e

RGB

rgb(156, 145, 126)

HSL

hsl(38, 13.2%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(38, 19.2%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 19.2%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(60.63, 0.82, 11.56)

LCH

lch(60.63, 11.59, 85.94)

OKLCH

oklch(66.1%, 0.0302, 81.44)

HWB

hwb(38, 49.4%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e899c

Analogous

#9c827e

#9c917e

#989c7e

Triadic

#9c917e

#7e9c91

#917e9c

Split-complementary

#9c917e

#7e989c

#827e9c

Tetradic

#9c917e

#899c7e

#7e899c

#917e9c

Square

#9c917e

#7e9c82

#7e899c

#9c7e98

Shades

Color #9c917e mixed toward black.

#857a66

#6a6152

#50493d

#353129

#1b1814

Tints

Color #9c917e mixed toward white.

#ada393

#bdb6a9

#cec8be

#dedad4

#efede9

Tones

Color #9c917e mixed toward gray.

#9a9080

#979083

#958f85

#928e88

#908e8b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#979783 · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#989984 · ΔE 6.7

Tritanopia

#9b8787 · ΔE 12.1

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 9.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c917e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c917e]

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Frequently asked questions

#9c917e (#9c917e) is rgb(156, 145, 126) in RGB.

No, #9c917e 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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