What color is #9E9A89?

#9E9A89 is a grayish yellow, closest to the named color Nomad. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #9E9A89?

The RGB value is 158, 154, 137: 158 red, 154 green and 137 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #9E9A89?

The complementary color is #898D9E, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #9E9A89?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.44:1 and white text 2.82:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#9E9A89 color

#9E9A89 rgb(158, 154, 137)

Shades of gray

The hex color #9E9A89 is a grayish yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 62% red, 60.4% green and 53.7% blue (158, 154, 137).

Its hue angle is 49°, with 10% saturation and 58% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 3% magenta, 13% yellow and 38% black.

The closest named color is Nomad (#A19986), a difference of 2 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.44:1).

#9E9A89 color codes

HEX	`#9E9A89`
RGB	`rgb(158, 154, 137)`
RGB percent	`rgb(62%, 60.4%, 53.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(49, 10%, 58%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(49, 13%, 62%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 3%, 13%, 38%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(63.5, -1.58, 9.45)`
CIE LCH	`lch(63.5, 9.58, 99.5)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(30.171, 32.187, 28.285)`
Decimal	`10394249`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #9E9A89, 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 #9E9A89	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.44:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.82:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#9E9A89 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.82:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.44:1	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 #9E9A89 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #9e9a89; }
.text { color: #9e9a89; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9e9a89; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(158 154 137 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #9e9a89, #989e89); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Stone.

Questions

What color is #9E9A89?: #9E9A89 is a grayish yellow, closest to the named color Nomad. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #9E9A89?: The RGB value is 158, 154, 137: 158 red, 154 green and 137 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #9E9A89?: The complementary color is #898D9E, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #9E9A89?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.44:1 and white text 2.82:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.