#a5a59b

Color #a5a59b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.78 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a5a59b

RGB

rgb(165, 165, 155)

HSL

hsl(60, 5.3%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 6.1%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 6.1%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(67.48, -1.85, 5.18)

LCH

lch(67.48, 5.5, 109.65)

OKLCH

oklch(71.9%, 0.0142, 106.78)

HWB

hwb(60, 60.8%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b9ba5

Analogous

#a5a09b

#a5a59b

#a0a59b

Triadic

#a5a59b

#9ba5a5

#a59ba5

Split-complementary

#a5a59b

#9ba0a5

#a09ba5

Tetradic

#a5a59b

#9ba59b

#9b9ba5

#a59ba5

Square

#a5a59b

#9ba5a0

#9b9ba5

#a59ba0

Shades

Color #a5a59b mixed toward black.

#8c8c7f

#707065

#54544c

#383832

#1c1c19

Tints

Color #a5a59b mixed toward white.

#b4b4ac

#c3c3bc

#d2d2cd

#e1e1de

#f0f0ee

Tones

Color #a5a59b mixed toward gray.

#a4a49c

#a3a39d

#a2a29d

#a2a29e

#a1a19f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a59d · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#a5a59e · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#a59fa0 · ΔE 7.7

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 5.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a5a59b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5a59b]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a5a59b (#a5a59b) is rgb(165, 165, 155) in RGB.

No, #a5a59b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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