#9b9c85

Color #9b9c85

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 13.92 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9b9c85

RGB

rgb(155, 156, 133)

HSL

hsl(62.6, 10.4%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(62.6, 14.7%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 14.7%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(63.7, -4.49, 11.95)

LCH

lch(63.7, 12.77, 110.59)

OKLCH

oklch(68.6%, 0.0326, 109.32)

HWB

hwb(62.6, 52.2%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#86859c

Analogous

#9c9285

#9b9c85

#909c85

Triadic

#9b9c85

#859b9c

#9c859b

Split-complementary

#9b9c85

#85909c

#92859c

Tetradic

#9b9c85

#859c86

#86859c

#9c859b

Square

#9b9c85

#859c92

#86859c

#9c8590

Shades

Color #9b9c85 mixed toward black.

#84856c

#6a6a56

#4f5041

#35352b

#1a1b16

Tints

Color #9b9c85 mixed toward white.

#acad99

#bcbdae

#cdcec2

#deded6

#eeefeb

Tones

Color #9b9c85 mixed toward gray.

#999a87

#989889

#96968b

#94948d

#92928f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9b8b · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#9b9b8c · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#9b9091 · ΔE 15.2

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 10.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9b9c85;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b9c85]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#9b9c85 (#9b9c85) is rgb(155, 156, 133) in RGB.

No, #9b9c85 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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