#9b9e72

Color #9b9e72

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 17.58 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 10.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9b9e72

RGB

rgb(155, 158, 114)

HSL

hsl(64.1, 18.5%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(64.1, 27.8%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 27.8%, 38%)

LAB

lab(63.87, -8.49, 22.7)

LCH

lch(63.87, 24.24, 110.51)

OKLCH

oklch(68.6%, 0.0611, 111.19)

HWB

hwb(64.1, 44.7%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#75729e

Analogous

#9e8b72

#9b9e72

#859e72

Triadic

#9b9e72

#729b9e

#9e729b

Split-complementary

#9b9e72

#72859e

#8b729e

Tetradic

#9b9e72

#729e75

#75729e

#9e729b

Square

#9b9e72

#729e8b

#75729e

#9e7285

Shades

Color #9b9e72 mixed toward black.

#83865c

#696b4a

#4f5137

#353625

#1a1b12

Tints

Color #9b9e72 mixed toward white.

#acae89

#bcbea1

#cdceb8

#dedfd0

#eeefe7

Tones

Color #9b9e72 mixed toward gray.

#989a76

#959779

#91937d

#8e8f81

#8b8c84

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9c7e · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#9c9c81 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#9b8789 · ΔE 25.3

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 16.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9b9e72;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b9e72]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#9b9e72 (#9b9e72) is rgb(155, 158, 114) in RGB.

No, #9b9e72 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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