What color is #9E9A81?

#9E9A81 is a grayish yellow, closest to the named color Knock on Wood. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #9E9A81?

The RGB value is 158, 154, 129: 158 red, 154 green and 129 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #9E9A81?

The complementary color is #81859E, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #9E9A81?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.39:1 and white text 2.84:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#9E9A81 color

#9E9A81 rgb(158, 154, 129)

Shades of yellow

The hex color #9E9A81 is a grayish yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 62% red, 60.4% green and 50.6% blue (158, 154, 129).

Its hue angle is 52°, with 13% saturation and 56% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 3% magenta, 18% yellow and 38% black.

The closest named color is Knock on Wood (#9F9B84), a difference of 0.8 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.39:1).

#9E9A81 color codes

HEX	`#9E9A81`
RGB	`rgb(158, 154, 129)`
RGB percent	`rgb(62%, 60.4%, 50.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(52, 13%, 56%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(52, 18%, 62%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 3%, 18%, 38%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(63.31, -2.89, 13.67)`
CIE LCH	`lch(63.31, 13.97, 101.94)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(29.618, 31.966, 25.374)`
Decimal	`10394241`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #9E9A81, 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 #9E9A81	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.39:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.84:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#9E9A81 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.84:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.39:1	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 #9E9A81 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #9e9a81; }
.text { color: #9e9a81; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9e9a81; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(158 154 129 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #9e9a81, #949e81); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Stone.

Questions

What color is #9E9A81?: #9E9A81 is a grayish yellow, closest to the named color Knock on Wood. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #9E9A81?: The RGB value is 158, 154, 129: 158 red, 154 green and 129 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #9E9A81?: The complementary color is #81859E, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #9E9A81?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.39:1 and white text 2.84:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.