#969972

Color #969972

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 18.67 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#969972

RGB

rgb(150, 153, 114)

HSL

hsl(64.6, 16%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(64.6, 25.5%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(2%, 0%, 25.5%, 40%)

LAB

lab(62.07, -7.79, 20.2)

LCH

lch(62.07, 21.65, 111.09)

OKLCH

oklch(67%, 0.0548, 111.41)

HWB

hwb(64.6, 44.7%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#757299

Analogous

#998972

#969972

#839972

Triadic

#969972

#729699

#997296

Split-complementary

#969972

#728399

#897299

Tetradic

#969972

#729975

#757299

#997296

Square

#969972

#729989

#757299

#997283

Shades

Color #969972 mixed toward black.

#7e815e

#65674b

#4c4d38

#333425

#191a13

Tints

Color #969972 mixed toward white.

#a8aa8a

#b9bba1

#cbccb9

#dcddd0

#eeeee8

Tones

Color #969972 mixed toward gray.

#939675

#919379

#8e8f7c

#8b8c7f

#888982

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#97977d · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#97977f · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#968586 · ΔE 22.8

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 15.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #969972;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#969972]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#969972 (#969972) is rgb(150, 153, 114) in RGB.

No, #969972 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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