#9b9b5a

Color #9b9b5a

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 12.02 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 15

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Conversions

HEX

#9b9b5a

RGB

rgb(155, 155, 90)

HSL

hsl(60, 26.5%, 48%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 41.9%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 41.9%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(62.63, -9.91, 34.02)

LCH

lch(62.63, 35.43, 106.24)

OKLCH

oklch(67.4%, 0.0869, 108.52)

HWB

hwb(60, 35.3%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5a5a9b

Analogous

#9b7a5a

#9b9b5a

#7a9b5a

Triadic

#9b9b5a

#5a9b9b

#9b5a9b

Split-complementary

#9b9b5a

#5a7a9b

#7a5a9b

Tetradic

#9b9b5a

#5a9b5a

#5a5a9b

#9b5a9b

Square

#9b9b5a

#5a9b7a

#5a5a9b

#9b5a7a

Shades

Color #9b9b5a mixed toward black.

#81814b

#67673c

#4d4d2d

#34341e

#1a1a0f

Tints

Color #9b9b5a mixed toward white.

#aeae73

#bebe8f

#ceceab

#dfdfc7

#efefe3

Tones

Color #9b9b5a mixed toward gray.

#95955f

#909065

#8b8b6a

#858570

#808075

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9b6e · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#9b9b73 · ΔE 5.9

Tritanopia

#9b7c7e · ΔE 30.2

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 20.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9b9b5a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b9b5a]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#9b9b5a (#9b9b5a) is rgb(155, 155, 90) in RGB.

No, #9b9b5a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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