#a6ae6c

Color #a6ae6c

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 8.89 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 14.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a6ae6c

RGB

rgb(166, 174, 108)

HSL

hsl(67.3, 28.9%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.3, 37.9%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 37.9%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(69.08, -13.31, 32.95)

LCH

lch(69.08, 35.54, 112)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.0886, 114.25)

HWB

hwb(67.3, 42.4%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#746cae

Analogous

#ae956c

#a6ae6c

#85ae6c

Triadic

#a6ae6c

#6ca6ae

#ae6ca6

Split-complementary

#a6ae6c

#6c85ae

#956cae

Tetradic

#a6ae6c

#6cae74

#746cae

#ae6ca6

Square

#a6ae6c

#6cae95

#746cae

#ae6c85

Shades

Color #a6ae6c mixed toward black.

#8f9754

#737943

#565b32

#393d21

#1d1e11

Tints

Color #a6ae6c mixed toward white.

#b5bb85

#c4c99d

#d2d6b6

#e1e4ce

#f0f1e7

Tones

Color #a6ae6c mixed toward gray.

#a2a872

#9ea377

#999d7d

#959882

#919388

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaa80 · ΔE 5.8

Deuteranopia

#a9a884 · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#a68d90 · ΔE 30.8

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a6ae6c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6ae6c]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a6ae6c (#a6ae6c) is rgb(166, 174, 108) in RGB.

No, #a6ae6c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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