#9ca42e

Color #9ca42e

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 13.81 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 11.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9ca42e

RGB

rgb(156, 164, 46)

HSL

hsl(64.1, 56.2%, 41.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(64.1, 72%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 72%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(64.82, -17.73, 56.76)

LCH

lch(64.82, 59.46, 107.35)

OKLCH

oklch(69.1%, 0.1372, 113.31)

HWB

hwb(64.1, 18%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#362ea4

Analogous

#a4712e

#9ca42e

#61a42e

Triadic

#9ca42e

#2e9ca4

#a42e9c

Split-complementary

#9ca42e

#2e61a4

#712ea4

Tetradic

#9ca42e

#2ea436

#362ea4

#a42e9c

Square

#9ca42e

#2ea471

#362ea4

#a42e61

Shades

Color #9ca42e mixed toward black.

#828926

#686d1f

#4e5217

#34370f

#1a1b08

Tints

Color #9ca42e mixed toward white.

#bfc83c

#ccd363

#d8de8a

#e5e9b1

#f2f4d8

Tones

Color #9ca42e mixed toward gray.

#949a38

#8b9042

#83874c

#7a7d55

#72735f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a05d · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#9f9e65 · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#9c7479 · ΔE 39.8

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 25.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ca42e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ca42e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#9ca42e (#9ca42e) is rgb(156, 164, 46) in RGB.

No, #9ca42e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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