#9e9f96

Color #9e9f96

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.45 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9e9f96

RGB

rgb(158, 159, 150)

HSL

hsl(66.7, 4.5%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.7, 5.7%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 5.7%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(65.17, -2.04, 4.57)

LCH

lch(65.17, 5, 114.06)

OKLCH

oklch(69.9%, 0.0129, 111.8)

HWB

hwb(66.7, 58.8%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97969f

Analogous

#9f9c96

#9e9f96

#9a9f96

Triadic

#9e9f96

#969e9f

#9f969e

Split-complementary

#9e9f96

#969a9f

#9c969f

Tetradic

#9e9f96

#969f97

#97969f

#9f969e

Square

#9e9f96

#969f9c

#97969f

#9f969a

Shades

Color #9e9f96 mixed toward black.

#85867b

#6b6c62

#50514a

#353631

#1b1b19

Tints

Color #9e9f96 mixed toward white.

#aeafa8

#bebfb9

#cfcfcb

#dfdfdc

#efefee

Tones

Color #9e9f96 mixed toward gray.

#9d9e97

#9d9e98

#9c9d98

#9c9c99

#9b9b9a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9e98 · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#9e9e99 · ΔE 2.2

Tritanopia

#9e9a9a · ΔE 6.3

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 4.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9e9f96;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e9f96]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#9e9f96 (#9e9f96) is rgb(158, 159, 150) in RGB.

No, #9e9f96 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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