#9ca17e

Color #9ca17e

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f · ΔE 17.4 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9ca17e

RGB

rgb(156, 161, 126)

HSL

hsl(68.6, 15.7%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68.6, 21.7%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 21.7%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(65.01, -7.93, 17.67)

LCH

lch(65.01, 19.37, 114.17)

OKLCH

oklch(69.6%, 0.0494, 114.28)

HWB

hwb(68.6, 49.4%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#837ea1

Analogous

#a1957e

#9ca17e

#8ba17e

Triadic

#9ca17e

#7e9ca1

#a17e9c

Split-complementary

#9ca17e

#7e8ba1

#957ea1

Tetradic

#9ca17e

#7ea183

#837ea1

#a17e9c

Square

#9ca17e

#7ea195

#837ea1

#a17e8b

Shades

Color #9ca17e mixed toward black.

#858a65

#6a6f51

#50533d

#353728

#1b1c14

Tints

Color #9ca17e mixed toward white.

#adb194

#bdc0a9

#ced0bf

#dee0d4

#efefea

Tones

Color #9ca17e mixed toward gray.

#9a9e81

#989b84

#969887

#94958a

#92928d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9e88 · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#9e9e8a · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#9c8f90 · ΔE 20.7

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 14.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ca17e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ca17e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#9ca17e (#9ca17e) is rgb(156, 161, 126) in RGB.

No, #9ca17e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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