#a1a297

Color #a1a297

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.78 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a1a297

RGB

rgb(161, 162, 151)

HSL

hsl(65.5, 5.6%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.5, 6.8%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 6.8%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(66.25, -2.4, 5.59)

LCH

lch(66.25, 6.08, 113.24)

OKLCH

oklch(70.8%, 0.0156, 110.98)

HWB

hwb(65.5, 59.2%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9897a2

Analogous

#a29e97

#a1a297

#9ca297

Triadic

#a1a297

#97a1a2

#a297a1

Split-complementary

#a1a297

#979ca2

#9e97a2

Tetradic

#a1a297

#97a298

#9897a2

#a297a1

Square

#a1a297

#97a29e

#9897a2

#a2979c

Shades

Color #a1a297 mixed toward black.

#88897c

#6d6e63

#52534a

#373731

#1b1c19

Tints

Color #a1a297 mixed toward white.

#b1b2a8

#c0c1ba

#d0d1cb

#e0e0dc

#eff0ee

Tones

Color #a1a297 mixed toward gray.

#a0a198

#a0a099

#9f9f9a

#9e9e9b

#9d9d9c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a19a · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#a1a19a · ΔE 2.1

Tritanopia

#a19c9c · ΔE 7.6

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 5.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a1a297;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a1a297]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a1a297 (#a1a297) is rgb(161, 162, 151) in RGB.

No, #a1a297 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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