#9e9f94

Color #9e9f94

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.37 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9e9f94

RGB

rgb(158, 159, 148)

HSL

hsl(65.5, 5.4%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.5, 6.9%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 6.9%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(65.12, -2.41, 5.61)

LCH

lch(65.12, 6.11, 113.25)

OKLCH

oklch(69.9%, 0.0157, 110.85)

HWB

hwb(65.5, 58%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#95949f

Analogous

#9f9b94

#9e9f94

#999f94

Triadic

#9e9f94

#949e9f

#9f949e

Split-complementary

#9e9f94

#94999f

#9b949f

Tetradic

#9e9f94

#949f95

#95949f

#9f949e

Square

#9e9f94

#949f9b

#95949f

#9f9499

Shades

Color #9e9f94 mixed toward black.

#868779

#6b6c61

#505149

#353630

#1b1b18

Tints

Color #9e9f94 mixed toward white.

#aeafa6

#bebfb8

#cecfca

#dfdfdb

#efefed

Tones

Color #9e9f94 mixed toward gray.

#9d9e95

#9c9d96

#9c9c97

#9b9b98

#9a9a99

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9e97 · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#9e9e97 · ΔE 2.1

Tritanopia

#9e9999 · ΔE 7.6

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 5.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9e9f94;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e9f94]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#9e9f94 (#9e9f94) is rgb(158, 159, 148) in RGB.

No, #9e9f94 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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