#979a86

Color #979a86

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 12.89 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#979a86

RGB

rgb(151, 154, 134)

HSL

hsl(69, 9%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(69, 13%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 13%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(62.85, -4.75, 10.14)

LCH

lch(62.85, 11.2, 115.1)

OKLCH

oklch(67.8%, 0.0288, 114.16)

HWB

hwb(69, 52.5%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#89869a

Analogous

#9a9386

#979a86

#8d9a86

Triadic

#979a86

#86979a

#9a8697

Split-complementary

#979a86

#868d9a

#93869a

Tetradic

#979a86

#869a89

#89869a

#9a8697

Square

#979a86

#869a93

#89869a

#9a868d

Shades

Color #979a86 mixed toward black.

#80836d

#666957

#4d4f42

#33342c

#1a1a16

Tints

Color #979a86 mixed toward white.

#a8ab9a

#babcae

#cbcdc3

#dcddd7

#eeeeeb

Tones

Color #979a86 mixed toward gray.

#969888

#959789

#94958b

#92938d

#91928e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#98988b · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#98988c · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#978f90 · ΔE 13.6

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 9.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #979a86;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#979a86]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#979a86 (#979a86) is rgb(151, 154, 134) in RGB.

No, #979a86 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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