#a9b49e

Color #a9b49e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 12.96 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a9b49e

RGB

rgb(169, 180, 158)

HSL

hsl(90, 12.8%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(90, 12.2%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 12.2%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(71.92, -7.9, 9.92)

LCH

lch(71.92, 12.68, 128.53)

OKLCH

oklch(75.5%, 0.0331, 128.88)

HWB

hwb(90, 62%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a99eb4

Analogous

#b4b49e

#a9b49e

#9eb49e

Triadic

#a9b49e

#9ea9b4

#b49ea9

Split-complementary

#a9b49e

#9e9eb4

#b49eb4

Tetradic

#a9b49e

#9eb4a9

#a99eb4

#b49ea9

Square

#a9b49e

#9eb4b4

#a99eb4

#b49e9e

Shades

Color #a9b49e mixed toward black.

#8d9b7e

#717f62

#555f4a

#384031

#1c2019

Tints

Color #a9b49e mixed toward white.

#b7c1ae

#c6cdbe

#d4dacf

#e2e6df

#f1f3ef

Tones

Color #a9b49e mixed toward gray.

#a9b2a0

#a9b0a2

#a9afa4

#a9ada5

#a9aba7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aeaea4 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#adaca5 · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#aaa8a9 · ΔE 13.3

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 11.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a9b49e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9b49e]

Related colors

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#a9b49e (#a9b49e) is rgb(169, 180, 158) in RGB.

No, #a9b49e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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