#9caa3c

Color #9caa3c

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Olive Drab #6b8e23 · ΔE 14.95 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9caa3c

RGB

rgb(156, 170, 60)

HSL

hsl(67.6, 47.8%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.6, 64.7%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 64.7%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(66.63, -19.94, 53.06)

LCH

lch(66.63, 56.68, 110.6)

OKLCH

oklch(70.6%, 0.1342, 116.13)

HWB

hwb(67.6, 23.5%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4a3caa

Analogous

#aa813c

#9caa3c

#65aa3c

Triadic

#9caa3c

#3c9caa

#aa3c9c

Split-complementary

#9caa3c

#3c65aa

#813caa

Tetradic

#9caa3c

#3caa4a

#4a3caa

#aa3c9c

Square

#9caa3c

#3caa81

#4a3caa

#aa3c65

Shades

Color #9caa3c mixed toward black.

#828e32

#687128

#4e551e

#343914

#1a1c0a

Tints

Color #9caa3c mixed toward white.

#b4c253

#c3ce75

#d2da98

#e1e7ba

#f0f3dd

Tones

Color #9caa3c mixed toward gray.

#95a145

#8e984e

#888e58

#818561

#7a7c6a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a266 · ΔE 8.3

Deuteranopia

#a1a06d · ΔE 10.2

Tritanopia

#9d7b80 · ΔE 38.6

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 25

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9caa3c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9caa3c]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#9caa3c (#9caa3c) is rgb(156, 170, 60) in RGB.

No, #9caa3c 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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