#9f9f89

Color #9f9f89

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 12.9 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9f9f89

RGB

rgb(159, 159, 137)

HSL

hsl(60, 10.3%, 58%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 13.8%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 13.8%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(64.94, -3.93, 11.51)

LCH

lch(64.94, 12.16, 108.85)

OKLCH

oklch(69.6%, 0.0312, 107.16)

HWB

hwb(60, 53.7%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#89899f

Analogous

#9f9489

#9f9f89

#949f89

Triadic

#9f9f89

#899f9f

#9f899f

Split-complementary

#9f9f89

#89949f

#94899f

Tetradic

#9f9f89

#899f89

#89899f

#9f899f

Square

#9f9f89

#899f94

#89899f

#9f8994

Shades

Color #9f9f89 mixed toward black.

#88886f

#6d6d58

#525242

#36362c

#1b1b16

Tints

Color #9f9f89 mixed toward white.

#afaf9d

#bfbfb0

#cfcfc4

#dfdfd8

#efefeb

Tones

Color #9f9f89 mixed toward gray.

#9d9d8b

#9b9b8d

#99998e

#989890

#969692

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9f8f · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#9f9f90 · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#9f9394 · ΔE 14.9

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 10

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f9f89;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f9f89]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#9f9f89 (#9f9f89) is rgb(159, 159, 137) in RGB.

No, #9f9f89 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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