#969977

Color #969977

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 18.89 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#969977

RGB

rgb(150, 153, 119)

HSL

hsl(65.3, 14.3%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.3, 22.2%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(2%, 0%, 22.2%, 40%)

LAB

lab(62.17, -7.04, 17.56)

LCH

lch(62.17, 18.92, 111.85)

OKLCH

oklch(67.1%, 0.0482, 111.82)

HWB

hwb(65.3, 46.7%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7a7799

Analogous

#998b77

#969977

#859977

Triadic

#969977

#779699

#997796

Split-complementary

#969977

#778599

#8b7799

Tetradic

#969977

#77997a

#7a7799

#997796

Square

#969977

#77998b

#7a7799

#997785

Shades

Color #969977 mixed toward black.

#7f8161

#65684e

#4c4e3a

#333427

#191a13

Tints

Color #969977 mixed toward white.

#a7aa8e

#b9bba4

#caccbb

#dcddd2

#edeee8

Tones

Color #969977 mixed toward gray.

#94967a

#91937d

#8f907f

#8d8e82

#8a8b85

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#979780 · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#979782 · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#968788 · ΔE 20.9

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 14

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Code

CSS

background-color: #969977;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#969977]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#969977 (#969977) is rgb(150, 153, 119) in RGB.

No, #969977 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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