#9c9c98

Color #9c9c98

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.46 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9c9c98

RGB

rgb(156, 156, 152)

HSL

hsl(60, 2%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 2.6%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 2.6%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(64.25, -0.76, 2.09)

LCH

lch(64.25, 2.22, 109.98)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.0057, 106.22)

HWB

hwb(60, 59.6%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#98989c

Analogous

#9c9a98

#9c9c98

#9a9c98

Triadic

#9c9c98

#989c9c

#9c989c

Split-complementary

#9c9c98

#989a9c

#9a989c

Tetradic

#9c9c98

#989c98

#98989c

#9c989c

Square

#9c9c98

#989c9a

#98989c

#9c989a

Shades

Color #9c9c98 mixed toward black.

#83837e

#696965

#4f4f4b

#343432

#1a1a19

Tints

Color #9c9c98 mixed toward white.

#adada9

#bdbdba

#cececc

#dededd

#efefee

Tones

Color #9c9c98 mixed toward gray.

#9c9c98

#9b9b99

#9a9a9a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9c99 · ΔE 0.5

Deuteranopia

#9c9c99 · ΔE 0.5

Tritanopia

#9c9a9a · ΔE 2.8

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 2.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c9c98;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c9c98]

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Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#9c9c98 (#9c9c98) is rgb(156, 156, 152) in RGB.

No, #9c9c98 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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