#a9ab8a

Color #a9ab8a

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 14.98 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a9ab8a

RGB

rgb(169, 171, 138)

HSL

hsl(63.6, 16.4%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(63.6, 19.3%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 19.3%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(69.04, -6.42, 16.8)

LCH

lch(69.04, 17.98, 110.91)

OKLCH

oklch(73.1%, 0.0458, 110.29)

HWB

hwb(63.6, 54.1%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8c8aab

Analogous

#ab9d8a

#a9ab8a

#99ab8a

Triadic

#a9ab8a

#8aa9ab

#ab8aa9

Split-complementary

#a9ab8a

#8a99ab

#9d8aab

Tetradic

#a9ab8a

#8aab8c

#8c8aab

#ab8aa9

Square

#a9ab8a

#8aab9d

#8c8aab

#ab8a99

Shades

Color #a9ab8a mixed toward black.

#93956c

#767856

#585a41

#3b3c2b

#1d1e16

Tints

Color #a9ab8a mixed toward white.

#b7b99e

#c6c7b1

#d4d5c5

#e2e3d8

#f1f1ec

Tones

Color #a9ab8a mixed toward gray.

#a7a88d

#a4a690

#a2a392

#9fa095

#9d9d98

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaa93 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#aaaa95 · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#a9999b · ΔE 20.8

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 13.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a9ab8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9ab8a]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a9ab8a (#a9ab8a) is rgb(169, 171, 138) in RGB.

No, #a9ab8a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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