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#999977

#999977 ≈ Moss Green

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#999977 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 60% green and 46.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 22.22% yellow and 40% black. Its hue angle is 60°, with 14.29% saturation and 53.33% lightness in HSL. It is a warm 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 7.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moss Green (#8a9a5b), ΔE 8.32.

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Web safe#999966
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Relative luminance0.3089

Complementary

  1. #999977
  2. #777799

Split complementary

  1. #999977
  2. #778899
  3. #887799

Analogous

  1. #998877
  2. #999977
  3. #889977

Triadic

  1. #999977
  2. #779999
  3. #997799

Tetradic

  1. #999977
  2. #779977
  3. #777799
  4. #997799

Square

  1. #999977
  2. #779988
  3. #777799
  4. #997788

Monochromatic

  1. #444433
  2. #707054
  3. #999977
  4. #babaa3
  5. #dbdbce

Shades

#999977 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #999977
  2. #8a8a6b
  3. #7a7a5f
  4. #6b6b53
  5. #5c5c47
  6. #4d4d3c
  7. #3d3d30
  8. #2e2e24
  9. #1f1f18
  10. #0f0f0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#999977 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #999977
  2. #a3a385
  3. #adad92
  4. #b8b8a0
  5. #c2c2ad
  6. #ccccbb
  7. #d6d6c9
  8. #e0e0d6
  9. #ebebe4
  10. #f5f5f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#999977 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #999977
  2. #979778
  3. #949479
  4. #92927a
  5. #8f8f7b
  6. #8d8d7c
  7. #8a8a7c
  8. #88887d
  9. #85857e
  10. #83837f
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #98988b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9f9675 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9f9878 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9e9590 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9d9776 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9d9878 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9c9687 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-999977 {
  color: #999977;
}
Background
.bg-999977 {
  background-color: #999977;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-999977 {
  border: 2px solid #999977;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #999977;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 153 119;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 14% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-999977 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #999977, #889977);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-999977 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 153 119 / 0.35);
}

#8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 8.32 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 9.75 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 10.70 #87a96b Asparagus ΔE 11.06 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 12.50 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 12.80 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 13.02 #666688 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Moss Green
#999977  rgb(153, 153, 119)  hsl(60, 14%, 53%)  Moss Green
#777799  rgb(119, 119, 153)  hsl(240, 14%, 53%)  Cool Gray
#779999  rgb(119, 153, 153)  hsl(180, 14%, 53%)  Cadet Blue
#997799  rgb(153, 119, 153)  hsl(300, 14%, 53%)  Mountbatten Pink