#9c958a

Color #9c958a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.9 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9c958a

RGB

rgb(156, 149, 138)

HSL

hsl(36.7, 8.3%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(36.7, 11.5%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 11.5%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(62, 0.59, 6.72)

LCH

lch(62, 6.75, 84.98)

OKLCH

oklch(67.3%, 0.0179, 79.38)

HWB

hwb(36.7, 54.1%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a919c

Analogous

#9c8c8a

#9c958a

#9a9c8a

Triadic

#9c958a

#8a9c95

#958a9c

Split-complementary

#9c958a

#8a9a9c

#8c8a9c

Tetradic

#9c958a

#919c8a

#8a919c

#958a9c

Square

#9c958a

#8a9c8c

#8a919c

#9c8a9a

Shades

Color #9c958a mixed toward black.

#857d70

#6a645a

#504b43

#35322d

#1b1916

Tints

Color #9c958a mixed toward white.

#aca79d

#bdb8b1

#cdcac4

#dedcd8

#eeedeb

Tones

Color #9c958a mixed toward gray.

#9a958b

#99948d

#97948e

#969490

#949391

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#99998d · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#999a8d · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#9c8f8f · ΔE 7.6

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 5.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c958a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c958a]

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Frequently asked questions

#9c958a (#9c958a) is rgb(156, 149, 138) in RGB.

No, #9c958a 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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