#98998e

Color #98998e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.87 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#98998e

RGB

rgb(152, 153, 142)

HSL

hsl(65.5, 5.1%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.5, 7.2%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 7.2%, 40%)

LAB

lab(62.85, -2.42, 5.65)

LCH

lch(62.85, 6.15, 113.19)

OKLCH

oklch(67.9%, 0.0159, 111.06)

HWB

hwb(65.5, 55.7%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8f8e99

Analogous

#99948e

#98998e

#92998e

Triadic

#98998e

#8e9899

#998e98

Split-complementary

#98998e

#8e9299

#948e99

Tetradic

#98998e

#8e998f

#8f8e99

#998e98

Square

#98998e

#8e9994

#8f8e99

#998e92

Shades

Color #98998e mixed toward black.

#808175

#66675d

#4d4d46

#33342f

#1a1a17

Tints

Color #98998e mixed toward white.

#a9aaa1

#babbb4

#cbccc6

#ddddd9

#eeeeec

Tones

Color #98998e mixed toward gray.

#97988f

#969790

#969691

#959592

#949492

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

#989891 · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#989891 · ΔE 2.1

Tritanopia

#989393 · ΔE 7.6

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 5.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #98998e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#98998e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#98998e (#98998e) is rgb(152, 153, 142) in RGB.

No, #98998e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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