#9f8b79

Color #9f8b79

A muted medium orange.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 14.35 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9f8b79

RGB

rgb(159, 139, 121)

HSL

hsl(28.4, 16.5%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(28.4, 23.9%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 23.9%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(59.18, 4.58, 12.4)

LCH

lch(59.18, 13.22, 69.73)

OKLCH

oklch(65%, 0.0356, 64.16)

HWB

hwb(28.4, 47.5%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#798d9f

Analogous

#9f797a

#9f8b79

#9f9e79

Triadic

#9f8b79

#799f8b

#8b799f

Split-complementary

#9f8b79

#799f9e

#797a9f

Tetradic

#9f8b79

#8d9f79

#798d9f

#8b799f

Square

#9f8b79

#7a9f79

#798d9f

#9e799f

Shades

Color #9f8b79 mixed toward black.

#887461

#6d5d4e

#52453a

#362e27

#1b1713

Tints

Color #9f8b79 mixed toward white.

#af9e8f

#bfb2a6

#cfc5bc

#dfd8d2

#efece9

Tones

Color #9f8b79 mixed toward gray.

#9c8b7c

#998b7f

#958b83

#928c86

#8f8c89

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.44:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#97977e · ΔE 11.7

Deuteranopia

#98997f · ΔE 12.5

Tritanopia

#9e8182 · ΔE 11.3

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 10.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f8b79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f8b79]

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Frequently asked questions

#9f8b79 (#9f8b79) is rgb(159, 139, 121) in RGB.

No, #9f8b79 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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