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#9D9985

#9d9985 ≈ Dark Gray

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#9d9985 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.57% red, 60% green and 52.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.55% magenta, 15.29% yellow and 38.43% black. Its hue angle is 50°, with 10.91% saturation and 56.86% 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 7.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 10.41.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3164

Complementary

  1. #9d9985
  2. #85899d

Split complementary

  1. #9d9985
  2. #85959d
  3. #8d859d

Analogous

  1. #9d8d85
  2. #9d9985
  3. #959d85

Triadic

  1. #9d9985
  2. #859d99
  3. #99859d

Tetradic

  1. #9d9985
  2. #899d85
  3. #85899d
  4. #99859d

Square

  1. #9d9985
  2. #859d8d
  3. #85899d
  4. #9d8595

Monochromatic

  1. #4c493d
  2. #76735f
  3. #9d9985
  4. #bfbcaf
  5. #e1e0da

Shades

#9d9985 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9d9985
  2. #8d8a78
  3. #7e7a6a
  4. #6e6b5d
  5. #5e5c50
  6. #4f4d43
  7. #3f3d35
  8. #2f2e28
  9. #1f1f1b
  10. #100f0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#9d9985 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9d9985
  2. #a7a391
  3. #b1ad9d
  4. #bab8aa
  5. #c4c2b6
  6. #ceccc2
  7. #d8d6ce
  8. #e2e0da
  9. #ebebe7
  10. #f5f5f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9d9985 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9d9985
  2. #9a9785
  3. #979484
  4. #949284
  5. #918f83
  6. #8f8d83
  7. #8c8a82
  8. #898882
  9. #868581
  10. #838381
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9a9991 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9d9884 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9f9986 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a19693 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9d9884 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9e9985 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9f978e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9d9985 {
  color: #9d9985;
}
Background
.bg-9d9985 {
  background-color: #9d9985;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9d9985 {
  border: 2px solid #9d9985;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9d9985;
  --color-primary-rgb: 157 153 133;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 11% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9d9985 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9d9985, #959d85);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9d9985 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(157 153 133 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 10.41 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 10.41 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 10.70 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 11.58 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 11.89 #808080 Gray ΔE 12.49 #808080 Grey ΔE 12.49 #62667a Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#9d9985  rgb(157, 153, 133)  hsl(50, 11%, 57%)  Dark Gray
#85899d  rgb(133, 137, 157)  hsl(230, 11%, 57%)  Cool Gray
#859d99  rgb(133, 157, 153)  hsl(170, 11%, 57%)  Cadet Blue
#99859d  rgb(153, 133, 157)  hsl(290, 11%, 57%)  Mountbatten Pink