#989b79

Color #989b79

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 18.39 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#989b79

RGB

rgb(152, 155, 121)

HSL

hsl(65.3, 14.5%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.3, 21.9%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 21.9%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(62.93, -7.03, 17.52)

LCH

lch(62.93, 18.88, 111.86)

OKLCH

oklch(67.8%, 0.048, 111.76)

HWB

hwb(65.3, 47.5%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7c799b

Analogous

#9b8d79

#989b79

#879b79

Triadic

#989b79

#79989b

#9b7998

Split-complementary

#989b79

#79879b

#8d799b

Tetradic

#989b79

#799b7c

#7c799b

#9b7998

Square

#989b79

#799b8d

#7c799b

#9b7987

Shades

Color #989b79 mixed toward black.

#818462

#67694f

#4d4f3b

#333527

#1a1a14

Tints

Color #989b79 mixed toward white.

#a9ac8f

#babca6

#cbcdbc

#ddded2

#eeeee9

Tones

Color #989b79 mixed toward gray.

#96987c

#93957f

#919281

#8f9084

#8c8d87

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#999982 · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#999984 · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#98898a · ΔE 20.8

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 14

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #989b79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#989b79]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#989b79 (#989b79) is rgb(152, 155, 121) in RGB.

No, #989b79 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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