#9ca086

Color #9ca086

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 15.08 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9ca086

RGB

rgb(156, 160, 134)

HSL

hsl(69.2, 12%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(69.2, 16.2%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 16.2%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(64.91, -6.11, 13.09)

LCH

lch(64.91, 14.45, 115.02)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.037, 114.42)

HWB

hwb(69.2, 52.5%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a86a0

Analogous

#a09786

#9ca086

#8fa086

Triadic

#9ca086

#869ca0

#a0869c

Split-complementary

#9ca086

#868fa0

#9786a0

Tetradic

#9ca086

#86a08a

#8a86a0

#a0869c

Square

#9ca086

#86a097

#8a86a0

#a0868f

Shades

Color #9ca086 mixed toward black.

#85896c

#6a6e56

#505241

#35372b

#1b1b16

Tints

Color #9ca086 mixed toward white.

#acb09a

#bdc0ae

#cdcfc2

#dedfd7

#eeefeb

Tones

Color #9ca086 mixed toward gray.

#9a9e88

#999c8a

#97998c

#96978f

#949591

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9e8d · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#9e9d8e · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#9c9293 · ΔE 16.7

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 11.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ca086;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ca086]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#9ca086 (#9ca086) is rgb(156, 160, 134) in RGB.

No, #9ca086 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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