#c9cbb3

Color #c9cbb3

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 13.12 Nearest Tailwind class olive-300 #d8d8d0 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#c9cbb3

RGB

rgb(201, 203, 179)

HSL

hsl(65, 18.7%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65, 11.8%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(1%, 0%, 11.8%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(80.95, -4.86, 11.75)

LCH

lch(80.95, 12.72, 112.47)

OKLCH

oklch(83.4%, 0.0327, 110.99)

HWB

hwb(65, 70.2%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5b3cb

Analogous

#cbc1b3

#c9cbb3

#bdcbb3

Triadic

#c9cbb3

#b3c9cb

#cbb3c9

Split-complementary

#c9cbb3

#b3bdcb

#c1b3cb

Tetradic

#c9cbb3

#b3cbb5

#b5b3cb

#cbb3c9

Square

#c9cbb3

#b3cbc1

#b5b3cb

#cbb3bd

Shades

Color #c9cbb3 mixed toward black.

#aeb18d

#939768

#6e714e

#4a4c34

#25261a

Tints

Color #c9cbb3 mixed toward white.

#d2d4c0

#dbdccc

#e4e5d9

#edeee6

#f6f6f2

Tones

Color #c9cbb3 mixed toward gray.

#c7c9b5

#c6c7b7

#c4c5b9

#c2c3bb

#c1c1bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cacab9 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#cacabb · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#c9bebf · ΔE 15.2

Achromatopsia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 10.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9cbb3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9cbb3]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#c9cbb3 (#c9cbb3) is rgb(201, 203, 179) in RGB.

No, #c9cbb3 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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