#9e9e4a

Color #9e9e4a

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 11.06 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 13.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9e9e4a

RGB

rgb(158, 158, 74)

HSL

hsl(60, 36.2%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 53.2%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 53.2%, 38%)

LAB

lab(63.52, -11.81, 43.28)

LCH

lch(63.52, 44.86, 105.26)

OKLCH

oklch(68.1%, 0.1072, 108.94)

HWB

hwb(60, 29%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4a4a9e

Analogous

#9e744a

#9e9e4a

#749e4a

Triadic

#9e9e4a

#4a9e9e

#9e4a9e

Split-complementary

#9e9e4a

#4a749e

#744a9e

Tetradic

#9e9e4a

#4a9e4a

#4a4a9e

#9e4a9e

Square

#9e9e4a

#4a9e74

#4a4a9e

#9e4a74

Shades

Color #9e9e4a mixed toward black.

#84843e

#696931

#4f4f25

#353519

#1a1a0c

Tints

Color #9e9e4a mixed toward white.

#b5b561

#c4c481

#d3d3a0

#e1e1c0

#f0f0df

Tones

Color #9e9e4a mixed toward gray.

#979751

#909058

#89895f

#828266

#7b7b6d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9e67 · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#9e9e6c · ΔE 6.7

Tritanopia

#9e787b · ΔE 33.9

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 22.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9e9e4a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e9e4a]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

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Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#9e9e4a (#9e9e4a) is rgb(158, 158, 74) in RGB.

No, #9e9e4a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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