#a6a579

Color #a6a579

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 14.5 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a6a579

RGB

rgb(166, 165, 121)

HSL

hsl(58.7, 20.2%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(58.7, 27.1%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 27.1%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(66.82, -6.88, 23.01)

LCH

lch(66.82, 24.02, 106.65)

OKLCH

oklch(71.2%, 0.0605, 106.73)

HWB

hwb(58.7, 47.5%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#797aa6

Analogous

#a68f79

#a6a579

#91a679

Triadic

#a6a579

#79a6a5

#a579a6

Split-complementary

#a6a579

#7991a6

#8f79a6

Tetradic

#a6a579

#7aa679

#797aa6

#a579a6

Square

#a6a579

#79a68f

#797aa6

#a67991

Shades

Color #a6a579 mixed toward black.

#908f5f

#73724c

#565639

#3a3926

#1d1d13

Tints

Color #a6a579 mixed toward white.

#b5b48f

#c4c3a6

#d3d2bc

#e1e1d2

#f0f0e9

Tones

Color #a6a579 mixed toward gray.

#a2a27d

#9f9e81

#9b9a84

#979788

#93938c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a685 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#a6a688 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#a68e90 · ΔE 25.2

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 16

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a6a579;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6a579]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a6a579 (#a6a579) is rgb(166, 165, 121) in RGB.

No, #a6a579 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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