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#98997E

#98997e ≈ Moss Green

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#98997e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.61% red, 60% green and 49.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.65% cyan, 0% magenta, 17.65% yellow and 40% black. Its hue angle is 62.22°, with 11.69% saturation and 54.71% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moss Green (#8a9a5b), ΔE 10.1.

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Relative luminance0.3096

Complementary

  1. #98997e
  2. #7f7e99

Split complementary

  1. #98997e
  2. #7e8b99
  3. #8d7e99

Analogous

  1. #998d7e
  2. #98997e
  3. #8b997e

Triadic

  1. #98997e
  2. #7e9899
  3. #997e98

Tetradic

  1. #98997e
  2. #7e997f
  3. #7f7e99
  4. #997e98

Square

  1. #98997e
  2. #7e998d
  3. #7f7e99
  4. #997e8b

Monochromatic

  1. #464638
  2. #707159
  3. #98997e
  4. #babba9
  5. #dcddd3

Shades

#98997e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #98997e
  2. #898a71
  3. #7a7a65
  4. #6a6b58
  5. #5b5c4c
  6. #4c4d3f
  7. #3d3d32
  8. #2e2e26
  9. #1e1f19
  10. #0f0f0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#98997e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #98997e
  2. #a2a38b
  3. #adad98
  4. #b7b8a5
  5. #c1c2b2
  6. #ccccbf
  7. #d6d6cb
  8. #e0e0d8
  9. #eaebe5
  10. #f5f5f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#98997e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #98997e
  2. #96977e
  3. #93947e
  4. #91927f
  5. #8e8f7f
  6. #8c8d7f
  7. #8a8a7f
  8. #87887f
  9. #858580
  10. #828380
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #97988e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9e967c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9e987f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9c9591 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9b977d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9c987f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9a978a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-98997e {
  color: #98997e;
}
Background
.bg-98997e {
  background-color: #98997e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-98997e {
  border: 2px solid #98997e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #98997e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 152 153 126;
  --color-primary-hsl: 62 12% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-98997e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #98997e, #8b997e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-98997e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(152 153 126 / 0.35);
}

#8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 10.10 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 10.61 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 11.33 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 11.80 #87a96b Asparagus ΔE 12.22 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 12.56 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 13.02 #676681 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Moss Green
#98997e  rgb(152, 153, 126)  hsl(62, 12%, 55%)  Moss Green
#7f7e99  rgb(127, 126, 153)  hsl(242, 12%, 55%)  Cool Gray
#7e9899  rgb(126, 152, 153)  hsl(182, 12%, 55%)  Cadet Blue
#997e98  rgb(153, 126, 152)  hsl(302, 12%, 55%)  Mountbatten Pink