What color is #9A9E80?

#9A9E80 is a grayish yellow known as Fennelly. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Fennelly?

The RGB value is 154, 158, 128: 154 red, 158 green and 128 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Fennelly?

The complementary color is #84809E, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #9A9E80?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.58:1 and white text 2.77:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Fennelly color: hex code #9A9E80

#9A9E80 rgb(154, 158, 128)

Shades of green

Fennelly has the hex code #9A9E80. It is a grayish yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 60.4% red, 62% green and 50.2% blue (154, 158, 128).

Its hue angle is 68°, with 13% saturation and 56% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 38% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.58:1).

Fennelly (#9A9E80) color codes

HEX	`#9A9E80`
RGB	`rgb(154, 158, 128)`
RGB percent	`rgb(60.4%, 62%, 50.2%)`
HSL	`hsl(68, 13%, 56%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(68, 19%, 62%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(3%, 0%, 19%, 38%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(64.07, -6.77, 15.23)`
CIE LCH	`lch(64.07, 16.67, 113.98)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(29.449, 32.882, 25.213)`
Decimal	`10133120`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Fennelly, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #9A9E80	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.58:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.77:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#9A9E80 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.77:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.58:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #9A9E80 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #9a9e80; }
.text { color: #9a9e80; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9a9e80; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(154 158 128 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #9a9e80, #8b9e80); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Sage Green.

See #9A9E80 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #9A9E80?: #9A9E80 is a grayish yellow known as Fennelly. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Fennelly?: The RGB value is 154, 158, 128: 154 red, 158 green and 128 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Fennelly?: The complementary color is #84809E, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #9A9E80?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.58:1 and white text 2.77:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.