#d9d9cb

Color #d9d9cb

A muted very light yellow.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 7.45 Nearest Tailwind class olive-300 #d8d8d0 · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#d9d9cb

RGB

rgb(217, 217, 203)

HSL

hsl(60, 15.6%, 82.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 6.5%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 6.5%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(86.35, -2.45, 6.89)

LCH

lch(86.35, 7.31, 109.57)

OKLCH

oklch(88.1%, 0.0189, 106.61)

HWB

hwb(60, 79.6%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cbcbd9

Analogous

#d9d2cb

#d9d9cb

#d2d9cb

Triadic

#d9d9cb

#cbd9d9

#d9cbd9

Split-complementary

#d9d9cb

#cbd2d9

#d2cbd9

Tetradic

#d9d9cb

#cbd9cb

#cbcbd9

#d9cbd9

Square

#d9d9cb

#cbd9d2

#cbcbd9

#d9cbd2

Shades

Color #d9d9cb mixed toward black.

#bcbca3

#9e9e7a

#797959

#51513b

#28281e

Tints

Color #d9d9cb mixed toward white.

#dfdfd4

#e6e6dc

#ecece5

#f2f2ee

#f9f9f6

Tones

Color #d9d9cb mixed toward gray.

#d8d8cc

#d7d7cd

#d6d6cf

#d4d4d0

#d3d3d1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d9d9cf · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#d9d9cf · ΔE 1.7

Tritanopia

#d9d1d2 · ΔE 9.7

Achromatopsia

#d8d8d8 · ΔE 6.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #d9d9cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#d9d9cb]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#d9d9cb (#d9d9cb) is rgb(217, 217, 203) in RGB.

No, #d9d9cb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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