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#9B977F

#9b977f ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#9b977f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60.78% red, 59.22% green and 49.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.58% magenta, 18.06% yellow and 39.22% black. Its hue angle is 51.43°, with 12.28% saturation and 55.29% 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 7.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 11.25.

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Web safe#999966
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Relative luminance0.3063

Complementary

  1. #9b977f
  2. #7f839b

Split complementary

  1. #9b977f
  2. #7f919b
  3. #897f9b

Analogous

  1. #9b897f
  2. #9b977f
  3. #919b7f

Triadic

  1. #9b977f
  2. #7f9b97
  3. #977f9b

Tetradic

  1. #9b977f
  2. #839b7f
  3. #7f839b
  4. #977f9b

Square

  1. #9b977f
  2. #7f9b89
  3. #7f839b
  4. #9b7f91

Monochromatic

  1. #484639
  2. #73705a
  3. #9b977f
  4. #bdbaaa
  5. #deddd5

Shades

#9b977f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9b977f
  2. #8c8872
  3. #7c7966
  4. #6d6a59
  5. #5d5b4c
  6. #4e4c40
  7. #3e3c33
  8. #2f2d26
  9. #1f1e19
  10. #100f0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#9b977f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9b977f
  2. #a5a18c
  3. #afac99
  4. #b9b6a5
  5. #c3c1b2
  6. #cdcbbf
  7. #d7d5cc
  8. #e1e0d9
  9. #ebeae5
  10. #f5f5f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9b977f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9b977f
  2. #98957f
  3. #96927f
  4. #93907f
  5. #908e7f
  6. #8e8c80
  7. #8b8980
  8. #888780
  9. #858580
  10. #838280
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #98978e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9c957e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9d9780 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a09390 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9c967e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9c977f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9e958a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9b977f {
  color: #9b977f;
}
Background
.bg-9b977f {
  background-color: #9b977f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9b977f {
  border: 2px solid #9b977f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9b977f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 155 151 127;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 12% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9b977f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9b977f, #919b7f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9b977f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(155 151 127 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 11.25 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 11.38 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 11.53 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.95 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 12.00 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 12.00 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 12.48 #646880 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Sage
#9b977f  rgb(155, 151, 127)  hsl(51, 12%, 55%)  Sage
#7f839b  rgb(127, 131, 155)  hsl(231, 12%, 55%)  Cool Gray
#7f9b97  rgb(127, 155, 151)  hsl(171, 12%, 55%)  Cadet Blue
#977f9b  rgb(151, 127, 155)  hsl(291, 12%, 55%)  Mountbatten Pink