#adaf9f

Color #adaf9f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.9 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#adaf9f

RGB

rgb(173, 175, 159)

HSL

hsl(67.5, 9.1%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.5, 9.1%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 9.1%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(70.9, -3.61, 7.96)

LCH

lch(70.9, 8.74, 114.4)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.0225, 112.7)

HWB

hwb(67.5, 62.4%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a19faf

Analogous

#afa99f

#adaf9f

#a5af9f

Triadic

#adaf9f

#9fadaf

#af9fad

Split-complementary

#adaf9f

#9fa5af

#a99faf

Tetradic

#adaf9f

#9fafa1

#a19faf

#af9fad

Square

#adaf9f

#9fafa9

#a19faf

#af9fa5

Shades

Color #adaf9f mixed toward black.

#939681

#777965

#595b4c

#3b3d33

#1e1e19

Tints

Color #adaf9f mixed toward white.

#bbbcaf

#c8cabf

#d6d7cf

#e4e4df

#f1f2ef

Tones

Color #adaf9f mixed toward gray.

#acaea0

#abaca2

#aaaba3

#a9aaa4

#a8a8a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aeaea3 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#aeaea4 · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#ada6a7 · ΔE 11.1

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 7.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #adaf9f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#adaf9f]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#adaf9f (#adaf9f) is rgb(173, 175, 159) in RGB.

No, #adaf9f 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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