#9e9e83

Color #9e9e83

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 15.68 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9e9e83

RGB

rgb(158, 158, 131)

HSL

hsl(60, 12.2%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 17.1%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 17.1%, 38%)

LAB

lab(64.45, -4.75, 14.15)

LCH

lch(64.45, 14.93, 108.56)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.0381, 107.39)

HWB

hwb(60, 51.4%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#83839e

Analogous

#9e9183

#9e9e83

#919e83

Triadic

#9e9e83

#839e9e

#9e839e

Split-complementary

#9e9e83

#83919e

#91839e

Tetradic

#9e9e83

#839e83

#83839e

#9e839e

Square

#9e9e83

#839e91

#83839e

#9e8391

Shades

Color #9e9e83 mixed toward black.

#87876a

#6c6c55

#51513f

#36362a

#1b1b15

Tints

Color #9e9e83 mixed toward white.

#aeae98

#bebeac

#cfcfc1

#dfdfd6

#efefea

Tones

Color #9e9e83 mixed toward gray.

#9c9c85

#9a9a88

#97978a

#95958c

#93938e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9e8a · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#9e9e8c · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#9e8f91 · ΔE 18.2

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 11.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9e9e83;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e9e83]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#9e9e83 (#9e9e83) is rgb(158, 158, 131) in RGB.

No, #9e9e83 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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