#a5ae48

Color #a5ae48

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 14.57 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 12.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a5ae48

RGB

rgb(165, 174, 72)

HSL

hsl(65.3, 41.5%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.3, 58.6%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 58.6%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(68.56, -17.3, 50.09)

LCH

lch(68.56, 52.99, 109.05)

OKLCH

oklch(72.3%, 0.1264, 113.79)

HWB

hwb(65.3, 28.2%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5148ae

Analogous

#ae8448

#a5ae48

#72ae48

Triadic

#a5ae48

#48a5ae

#ae48a5

Split-complementary

#a5ae48

#4872ae

#8448ae

Tetradic

#a5ae48

#48ae51

#5148ae

#ae48a5

Square

#a5ae48

#48ae84

#5148ae

#ae4872

Shades

Color #a5ae48 mixed toward black.

#89913c

#6e7430

#525724

#373a18

#1b1d0c

Tints

Color #a5ae48 mixed toward white.

#b7bf63

#c5cb82

#d4d8a2

#e2e5c1

#f1f2e0

Tones

Color #a5ae48 mixed toward gray.

#9ea550

#979d59

#909461

#898c6a

#828372

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a96d · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#a8a873 · ΔE 8.6

Tritanopia

#a58185 · ΔE 37

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 24.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a5ae48;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5ae48]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a5ae48 (#a5ae48) is rgb(165, 174, 72) in RGB.

No, #a5ae48 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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