#aaa89e

Color #aaa89e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.54 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa89e

RGB

rgb(170, 168, 158)

HSL

hsl(50, 6.6%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(50, 7.1%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 7.1%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(68.77, -1.11, 5.41)

LCH

lch(68.77, 5.52, 101.59)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.0143, 97.62)

HWB

hwb(50, 62%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ea0aa

Analogous

#aaa29e

#aaa89e

#a6aa9e

Triadic

#aaa89e

#9eaaa8

#a89eaa

Split-complementary

#aaa89e

#9ea6aa

#a29eaa

Tetradic

#aaa89e

#a0aa9e

#9ea0aa

#a89eaa

Square

#aaa89e

#9eaaa2

#9ea0aa

#aa9ea6

Shades

Color #aaa89e mixed toward black.

#908e81

#757266

#57564d

#3a3933

#1d1d1a

Tints

Color #aaa89e mixed toward white.

#b8b6ae

#c6c5be

#d4d3ce

#e3e2df

#f1f0ef

Tones

Color #aaa89e mixed toward gray.

#a9a79f

#a8a7a0

#a7a6a1

#a6a5a2

#a5a5a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9a0 · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#a9a9a1 · ΔE 1.2

Tritanopia

#aaa2a3 · ΔE 7.7

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa89e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa89e]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#aaa89e (#aaa89e) is rgb(170, 168, 158) in RGB.

No, #aaa89e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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