#9ca55b

Color #9ca55b

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 10.02 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 12.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9ca55b

RGB

rgb(156, 165, 91)

HSL

hsl(67.3, 29.1%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.3, 44.8%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 44.8%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(65.54, -14.65, 37.14)

LCH

lch(65.54, 39.92, 111.53)

OKLCH

oklch(69.8%, 0.0984, 114.69)

HWB

hwb(67.3, 35.7%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#645ba5

Analogous

#a5895b

#9ca55b

#77a55b

Triadic

#9ca55b

#5b9ca5

#a55b9c

Split-complementary

#9ca55b

#5b77a5

#895ba5

Tetradic

#9ca55b

#5ba564

#645ba5

#a55b9c

Square

#9ca55b

#5ba589

#645ba5

#a55b77

Shades

Color #9ca55b mixed toward black.

#828a4c

#686e3d

#4e532d

#34371e

#1a1c0f

Tints

Color #9ca55b mixed toward white.

#acb476

#bdc392

#cdd2ad

#dee1c8

#eef0e4

Tones

Color #9ca55b mixed toward gray.

#979f61

#939967

#8e926e

#898c74

#85867a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a073 · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#9f9f77 · ΔE 7.7

Tritanopia

#9c8285 · ΔE 32

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 21.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ca55b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ca55b]

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Beige #f5f5dc

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Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#9ca55b (#9ca55b) is rgb(156, 165, 91) in RGB.

No, #9ca55b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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