#9f7900

Color #9f7900

A vivid, highly saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Goldenrod #b8860b · ΔE 8.5 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 11.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9f7900

RGB

rgb(159, 121, 0)

HSL

hsl(45.7, 100%, 31.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(45.7, 100%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 100%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(53, 5.51, 58.9)

LCH

lch(53, 59.16, 84.66)

OKLCH

oklch(59.7%, 0.1221, 86.53)

HWB

hwb(45.7, 0%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#00269f

Analogous

#9f2a00

#9f7900

#759f00

Triadic

#9f7900

#009f79

#79009f

Split-complementary

#9f7900

#00759f

#2a009f

Tetradic

#9f7900

#269f00

#00269f

#79009f

Square

#9f7900

#009f2a

#00269f

#9f0075

Shades

Color #9f7900 mixed toward black.

#856500

#6a5100

#503d00

#352800

#1b1400

Tints

Color #9f7900 mixed toward white.

#daa600

#ffc715

#ffd550

#ffe38a

#fff1c5

Tones

Color #9f7900 mixed toward gray.

#92720d

#856b1b

#776428

#6a5d35

#5d5642

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.21:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#90903d · ΔE 13.7

Deuteranopia

#929544 · ΔE 15.2

Tritanopia

#9d5155 · ΔE 35

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 25.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f7900;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f7900]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Gold #ffd700

Floral White #fffaf0

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Frequently asked questions

#9f7900 (#9f7900) is rgb(159, 121, 0) in RGB.

No, #9f7900 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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