#a9b079

Color #a9b079

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 12.62 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 12.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a9b079

RGB

rgb(169, 176, 121)

HSL

hsl(67.6, 25.8%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.6, 31.3%, 69%)

CMYK

cmyk(4%, 0%, 31.3%, 31%)

LAB

lab(70.08, -11.51, 27.42)

LCH

lch(70.08, 29.74, 112.77)

OKLCH

oklch(73.8%, 0.0749, 114.2)

HWB

hwb(67.6, 47.5%, 31%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8079b0

Analogous

#b09b79

#a9b079

#8db079

Triadic

#a9b079

#79a9b0

#b079a9

Split-complementary

#a9b079

#798db0

#9b79b0

Tetradic

#a9b079

#79b080

#8079b0

#b079a9

Square

#a9b079

#79b09b

#8079b0

#b0798d

Shades

Color #a9b079 mixed toward black.

#939c5c

#767c49

#585d37

#3b3e25

#1d1f12

Tints

Color #a9b079 mixed toward white.

#b7bd8f

#c6caa6

#d4d7bc

#e2e5d2

#f1f2e9

Tones

Color #a9b079 mixed toward gray.

#a6ab7d

#a2a782

#9fa287

#9b9e8b

#989990

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acac89 · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#acab8c · ΔE 6.8

Tritanopia

#a99496 · ΔE 28

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 18.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a9b079;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9b079]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a9b079 (#a9b079) is rgb(169, 176, 121) in RGB.

No, #a9b079 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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