#c9c9b4

Color #c9c9b4

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 11.46 Nearest Tailwind class olive-300 #d8d8d0 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#c9c9b4

RGB

rgb(201, 201, 180)

HSL

hsl(60, 16.3%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 10.4%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 10.4%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(80.45, -3.65, 10.51)

LCH

lch(80.45, 11.13, 109.15)

OKLCH

oklch(83%, 0.0286, 107.1)

HWB

hwb(60, 70.6%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4b4c9

Analogous

#c9beb4

#c9c9b4

#bec9b4

Triadic

#c9c9b4

#b4c9c9

#c9b4c9

Split-complementary

#c9c9b4

#b4bec9

#beb4c9

Tetradic

#c9c9b4

#b4c9b4

#b4b4c9

#c9b4c9

Square

#c9c9b4

#b4c9be

#b4b4c9

#c9b4be

Shades

Color #c9c9b4 mixed toward black.

#aeae8f

#94946a

#6f6f50

#4a4a35

#25251b

Tints

Color #c9c9b4 mixed toward white.

#d2d2c0

#dbdbcd

#e4e4d9

#edede6

#f6f6f2

Tones

Color #c9c9b4 mixed toward gray.

#c7c7b6

#c5c5b7

#c4c4b9

#c2c2bb

#c0c0bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c9c9b9 · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#c9c9bb · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#c9bdbe · ΔE 13.9

Achromatopsia

#c8c8c8 · ΔE 9.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #c9c9b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9c9b4]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#c9c9b4 (#c9c9b4) is rgb(201, 201, 180) in RGB.

No, #c9c9b4 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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