#aaa993

Color #aaa993

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 12.04 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa993

RGB

rgb(170, 169, 147)

HSL

hsl(57.4, 11.9%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(57.4, 13.5%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 13.5%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(68.77, -3.53, 11.5)

LCH

lch(68.77, 12.03, 107.06)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.0309, 105.03)

HWB

hwb(57.4, 57.6%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9394aa

Analogous

#aa9e93

#aaa993

#a0aa93

Triadic

#aaa993

#93aaa9

#a993aa

Split-complementary

#aaa993

#93a0aa

#9e93aa

Tetradic

#aaa993

#94aa93

#9394aa

#a993aa

Square

#aaa993

#93aa9e

#9394aa

#aa93a0

Shades

Color #aaa993 mixed toward black.

#939276

#76755d

#595846

#3b3b2f

#1e1d17

Tints

Color #aaa993 mixed toward white.

#b8b7a5

#c6c6b7

#d5d4c9

#e3e2db

#f1f1ed

Tones

Color #aaa993 mixed toward gray.

#a8a795

#a6a697

#a4a499

#a2a29b

#a1a09d

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

#aaaa99 · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#aaaa9a · ΔE 2.3

Tritanopia

#aa9d9e · ΔE 14.7

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 9.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa993;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa993]

Related colors

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Frequently asked questions

#aaa993 (#aaa993) is rgb(170, 169, 147) in RGB.

No, #aaa993 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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