#9f9f35

Color #9f9f35

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 12.39 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 13.5

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Conversions

HEX

#9f9f35

RGB

rgb(159, 159, 53)

HSL

hsl(60, 50%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 66.7%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.7%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(63.69, -13.45, 52.99)

LCH

lch(63.69, 54.67, 104.24)

OKLCH

oklch(68.2%, 0.1263, 109.32)

HWB

hwb(60, 20.8%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#35359f

Analogous

#9f6a35

#9f9f35

#6a9f35

Triadic

#9f9f35

#359f9f

#9f359f

Split-complementary

#9f9f35

#356a9f

#6a359f

Tetradic

#9f9f35

#359f35

#35359f

#9f359f

Square

#9f9f35

#359f6a

#35359f

#9f356a

Shades

Color #9f9f35 mixed toward black.

#85852c

#6a6a23

#50501b

#353512

#1b1b09

Tints

Color #9f9f35 mixed toward white.

#c1c145

#cdcd6a

#dada8f

#e6e6b5

#f3f3da

Tones

Color #9f9f35 mixed toward gray.

#96963e

#8d8d47

#858550

#7c7c58

#737361

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9f5e · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#9f9f65 · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#9f7377 · ΔE 37.8

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 24.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f9f35;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f9f35]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#9f9f35 (#9f9f35) is rgb(159, 159, 53) in RGB.

No, #9f9f35 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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