#c9cabb

Color #c9cabb

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 8.57 Nearest Tailwind class olive-300 #d8d8d0 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#c9cabb

RGB

rgb(201, 202, 187)

HSL

hsl(64, 12.4%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(64, 7.4%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 7.4%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(80.88, -3, 7.37)

LCH

lch(80.88, 7.96, 112.15)

OKLCH

oklch(83.4%, 0.0205, 109.94)

HWB

hwb(64, 73.3%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bcbbca

Analogous

#cac4bb

#c9cabb

#c2cabb

Triadic

#c9cabb

#bbc9ca

#cabbc9

Split-complementary

#c9cabb

#bbc2ca

#c4bbca

Tetradic

#c9cabb

#bbcabc

#bcbbca

#cabbc9

Square

#c9cabb

#bbcac4

#bcbbca

#cabbc2

Shades

Color #c9cabb mixed toward black.

#acae97

#8f9172

#6c6d55

#484939

#24241c

Tints

Color #c9cabb mixed toward white.

#d2d3c6

#dbdcd2

#e4e5dd

#edede8

#f6f6f4

Tones

Color #c9cabb mixed toward gray.

#c8c9bc

#c7c8be

#c6c6bf

#c5c5c0

#c4c4c1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c9c9bf · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#c9c9c0 · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#c9c2c2 · ΔE 9.6

Achromatopsia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 7.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9cabb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9cabb]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#c9cabb (#c9cabb) is rgb(201, 202, 187) in RGB.

No, #c9cabb 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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