#9ca175

Color #9ca175

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f · ΔE 16.83 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#9ca175

RGB

rgb(156, 161, 117)

HSL

hsl(66.8, 19%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.8, 27.3%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 27.3%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(64.84, -9.27, 22.38)

LCH

lch(64.84, 24.22, 112.5)

OKLCH

oklch(69.4%, 0.0613, 113.26)

HWB

hwb(66.8, 45.9%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7a75a1

Analogous

#a19075

#9ca175

#86a175

Triadic

#9ca175

#759ca1

#a1759c

Split-complementary

#9ca175

#7586a1

#9075a1

Tetradic

#9ca175

#75a17a

#7a75a1

#a1759c

Square

#9ca175

#75a190

#7a75a1

#a17586

Shades

Color #9ca175 mixed toward black.

#858a5e

#6a6e4b

#505338

#353726

#1b1c13

Tints

Color #9ca175 mixed toward white.

#adb18c

#bdc0a3

#ced0ba

#dee0d1

#efefe8

Tones

Color #9ca175 mixed toward gray.

#999d79

#969a7c

#939680

#919284

#8e8f87

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9e81 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#9e9e84 · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#9c8a8c · ΔE 25.1

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 16.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ca175;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ca175]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#9ca175 (#9ca175) is rgb(156, 161, 117) in RGB.

No, #9ca175 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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