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#9A9868

#9a9868 ≈ Moss Green

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#9a9868 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60.39% red, 59.61% green and 40.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.3% magenta, 32.47% yellow and 39.61% black. Its hue angle is 57.6°, with 19.84% saturation and 50.59% 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 7.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moss Green (#8a9a5b), ΔE 6.06.

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Relative luminance0.3033

Complementary

  1. #9a9868
  2. #686a9a

Split complementary

  1. #9a9868
  2. #68839a
  3. #7f689a

Analogous

  1. #9a7f68
  2. #9a9868
  3. #839a68

Triadic

  1. #9a9868
  2. #689a98
  3. #98689a

Tetradic

  1. #9a9868
  2. #6a9a68
  3. #686a9a
  4. #98689a

Square

  1. #9a9868
  2. #689a7f
  3. #686a9a
  4. #9a6883

Monochromatic

  1. #3f3e2a
  2. #6d6b49
  3. #9a9868
  4. #b9b796
  5. #d7d7c4

Shades

#9a9868 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9a9868
  2. #8b895e
  3. #7b7a53
  4. #6c6a49
  5. #5c5b3e
  6. #4d4c34
  7. #3e3d2a
  8. #2e2e1f
  9. #1f1e15
  10. #0f0f0a
  11. #000000

Tints

#9a9868 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9a9868
  2. #a4a277
  3. #aead86
  4. #b8b795
  5. #c2c1a4
  6. #cdccb4
  7. #d7d6c3
  8. #e1e0d2
  9. #ebeae1
  10. #f5f5f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9a9868 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9a9868
  2. #97966a
  3. #95936d
  4. #92916f
  5. #908e72
  6. #8d8c74
  7. #8a8a76
  8. #888779
  9. #85857b
  10. #83827e
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #979786 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a09465 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1976a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a1928c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9e9666 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9e9769 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9e947f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9a9868 {
  color: #9a9868;
}
Background
.bg-9a9868 {
  background-color: #9a9868;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9a9868 {
  border: 2px solid #9a9868;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9a9868;
  --color-primary-rgb: 154 152 104;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 20% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9a9868 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9a9868, #839a68);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9a9868 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(154 152 104 / 0.35);
}

#8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 6.06 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 9.67 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 9.88 #87a96b Asparagus ΔE 10.22 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.69 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 11.10 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 12.02 #656797 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Moss Green
#9a9868  rgb(154, 152, 104)  hsl(58, 20%, 51%)  Moss Green
#686a9a  rgb(104, 106, 154)  hsl(238, 20%, 51%)  Queen Blue
#689a98  rgb(104, 154, 152)  hsl(178, 20%, 51%)  Cadet Blue
#98689a  rgb(152, 104, 154)  hsl(298, 20%, 51%)  Purple Mountain Majesty