#979e4b

Color #979e4b

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 12.28 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 12.2

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Conversions

HEX

#979e4b

RGB

rgb(151, 158, 75)

HSL

hsl(65.1, 35.6%, 45.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.1, 52.5%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 52.5%, 38%)

LAB

lab(62.96, -14.7, 41.99)

LCH

lch(62.96, 44.49, 109.29)

OKLCH

oklch(67.6%, 0.1076, 113.28)

HWB

hwb(65.1, 29.4%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#524b9e

Analogous

#9e7c4b

#979e4b

#6d9e4b

Triadic

#979e4b

#4b979e

#9e4b97

Split-complementary

#979e4b

#4b6d9e

#7c4b9e

Tetradic

#979e4b

#4b9e52

#524b9e

#9e4b97

Square

#979e4b

#4b9e7c

#524b9e

#9e4b6d

Shades

Color #979e4b mixed toward black.

#7e843f

#656932

#4b4f26

#323519

#191a0d

Tints

Color #979e4b mixed toward white.

#aeb563

#bec482

#ced2a1

#dee1c0

#eff0e0

Tones

Color #979e4b mixed toward gray.

#919752

#8b9059

#868960

#808267

#7a7b6e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9a67 · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#9a996d · ΔE 8

Tritanopia

#97787b · ΔE 33.7

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 22.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #979e4b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#979e4b]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#979e4b (#979e4b) is rgb(151, 158, 75) in RGB.

No, #979e4b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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