#a8a99e

Color #a8a99e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.05 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a8a99e

RGB

rgb(168, 169, 158)

HSL

hsl(65.5, 6%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.5, 6.5%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 6.5%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(68.87, -2.38, 5.55)

LCH

lch(68.87, 6.04, 113.21)

OKLCH

oklch(73.1%, 0.0155, 111.12)

HWB

hwb(65.5, 62%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f9ea9

Analogous

#a9a49e

#a8a99e

#a2a99e

Triadic

#a8a99e

#9ea8a9

#a99ea8

Split-complementary

#a8a99e

#9ea2a9

#a49ea9

Tetradic

#a8a99e

#9ea99f

#9f9ea9

#a99ea8

Square

#a8a99e

#9ea9a4

#9f9ea9

#a99ea2

Shades

Color #a8a99e mixed toward black.

#8e8f81

#727466

#56574d

#393a33

#1d1d1a

Tints

Color #a8a99e mixed toward white.

#b6b7ae

#c5c6be

#d3d4ce

#e2e2df

#f0f1ef

Tones

Color #a8a99e mixed toward gray.

#a7a89f

#a6a7a0

#a6a6a1

#a5a5a2

#a4a4a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.83:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8a1 · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#a8a8a1 · ΔE 2

Tritanopia

#a8a3a3 · ΔE 7.5

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 5.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a8a99e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8a99e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a8a99e (#a8a99e) is rgb(168, 169, 158) in RGB.

No, #a8a99e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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