#a8ac72

Color #a8ac72

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 11.06 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 12.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a8ac72

RGB

rgb(168, 172, 114)

HSL

hsl(64.1, 25.9%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(64.1, 33.7%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 33.7%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(68.78, -10.73, 29.42)

LCH

lch(68.78, 31.32, 110.04)

OKLCH

oklch(72.7%, 0.0783, 111.52)

HWB

hwb(64.1, 44.7%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7672ac

Analogous

#ac9372

#a8ac72

#8bac72

Triadic

#a8ac72

#72a8ac

#ac72a8

Split-complementary

#a8ac72

#728bac

#9372ac

Tetradic

#a8ac72

#72ac76

#7672ac

#ac72a8

Square

#a8ac72

#72ac93

#7672ac

#ac728b

Shades

Color #a8ac72 mixed toward black.

#929658

#757847

#585a35

#3a3c23

#1d1e12

Tints

Color #a8ac72 mixed toward white.

#b7ba8a

#c5c8a1

#d4d6b9

#e2e3d0

#f1f1e8

Tones

Color #a8ac72 mixed toward gray.

#a4a777

#a0a27c

#9c9e81

#979985

#93948a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaa83 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#aaa987 · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#a88f91 · ΔE 28.8

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 19

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #a8ac72;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8ac72]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a8ac72 (#a8ac72) is rgb(168, 172, 114) in RGB.

No, #a8ac72 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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