#9d9d97

Color #9d9d97

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.73 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9d9d97

RGB

rgb(157, 157, 151)

HSL

hsl(60, 3%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 3.8%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 3.8%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(64.58, -1.13, 3.13)

LCH

lch(64.58, 3.33, 109.85)

OKLCH

oklch(69.4%, 0.0086, 106.96)

HWB

hwb(60, 59.2%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97979d

Analogous

#9d9a97

#9d9d97

#9a9d97

Triadic

#9d9d97

#979d9d

#9d979d

Split-complementary

#9d9d97

#979a9d

#9a979d

Tetradic

#9d9d97

#979d97

#97979d

#9d979d

Square

#9d9d97

#979d9a

#97979d

#9d979a

Shades

Color #9d9d97 mixed toward black.

#84847d

#6a6a64

#4f4f4b

#353532

#1a1a19

Tints

Color #9d9d97 mixed toward white.

#adada8

#bebeba

#cececb

#dededc

#efefee

Tones

Color #9d9d97 mixed toward gray.

#9d9d97

#9c9c98

#9c9c99

#9b9b99

#9b9b9a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9d98 · ΔE 0.5

Deuteranopia

#9d9d99 · ΔE 1

Tritanopia

#9d9a9a · ΔE 4.2

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 3.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9d9d97;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9d9d97]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#9d9d97 (#9d9d97) is rgb(157, 157, 151) in RGB.

No, #9d9d97 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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