#c9ccab

Color #c9ccab

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Wheat #f5deb3 · ΔE 14.06 Nearest Tailwind class olive-300 #d8d8d0 · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#c9ccab

RGB

rgb(201, 204, 171)

HSL

hsl(65.5, 24.4%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.5, 16.2%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 16.2%, 20%)

LAB

lab(81.04, -6.65, 16.13)

LCH

lch(81.04, 17.45, 112.41)

OKLCH

oklch(83.4%, 0.0446, 111.56)

HWB

hwb(65.5, 67.1%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeabcc

Analogous

#ccbeab

#c9ccab

#b8ccab

Triadic

#c9ccab

#abc9cc

#ccabc9

Split-complementary

#c9ccab

#abb8cc

#beabcc

Tetradic

#c9ccab

#abccae

#aeabcc

#ccabc9

Square

#c9ccab

#abccbe

#aeabcc

#ccabb8

Shades

Color #c9ccab mixed toward black.

#b0b484

#969b5e

#707547

#4b4e2f

#252718

Tints

Color #c9ccab mixed toward white.

#d2d4b9

#dbddc7

#e4e5d5

#edeee3

#f6f6f1

Tones

Color #c9ccab mixed toward gray.

#c7c9ae

#c4c6b0

#c2c4b3

#c0c1b6

#bebeb9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cacab4 · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#cacab6 · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#c9babc · ΔE 20.1

Achromatopsia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 13.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9ccab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9ccab]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#c9ccab (#c9ccab) is rgb(201, 204, 171) in RGB.

No, #c9ccab 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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