#a6ac3f

Color #a6ac3f

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 16.83 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 13

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Conversions

HEX

#a6ac3f

RGB

rgb(166, 172, 63)

HSL

hsl(63.3, 46.4%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(63.3, 63.4%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 63.4%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(68, -16.51, 53.47)

LCH

lch(68, 55.96, 107.16)

OKLCH

oklch(71.8%, 0.1314, 112.27)

HWB

hwb(63.3, 24.7%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#453fac

Analogous

#ac7c3f

#a6ac3f

#70ac3f

Triadic

#a6ac3f

#3fa6ac

#ac3fa6

Split-complementary

#a6ac3f

#3f70ac

#7c3fac

Tetradic

#a6ac3f

#3fac45

#453fac

#ac3fa6

Square

#a6ac3f

#3fac7c

#453fac

#ac3f70

Shades

Color #a6ac3f mixed toward black.

#8a8f35

#6f732a

#535620

#373915

#1c1d0b

Tints

Color #a6ac3f mixed toward white.

#bcc257

#c9ce79

#d7da9a

#e4e6bc

#f2f3dd

Tones

Color #a6ac3f mixed toward gray.

#9ea348

#969a51

#8e915a

#868863

#7e7f6c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a968 · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#a8a86f · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#a67d82 · ΔE 38.8

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 24.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a6ac3f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6ac3f]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a6ac3f (#a6ac3f) is rgb(166, 172, 63) in RGB.

No, #a6ac3f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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