#aaaa9c

Color #aaaa9c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.65 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 0.5

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Conversions

HEX

#aaaa9c

RGB

rgb(170, 170, 156)

HSL

hsl(60, 7.6%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 8.2%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 8.2%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(69.25, -2.54, 7.22)

LCH

lch(69.25, 7.65, 109.38)

OKLCH

oklch(73.4%, 0.0197, 106.78)

HWB

hwb(60, 61.2%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c9caa

Analogous

#aaa39c

#aaaa9c

#a3aa9c

Triadic

#aaaa9c

#9caaaa

#aa9caa

Split-complementary

#aaaa9c

#9ca3aa

#a39caa

Tetradic

#aaaa9c

#9caa9c

#9c9caa

#aa9caa

Square

#aaaa9c

#9caaa3

#9c9caa

#aa9ca3

Shades

Color #aaaa9c mixed toward black.

#91917f

#757564

#58584b

#3a3a32

#1d1d19

Tints

Color #aaaa9c mixed toward white.

#b8b8ac

#c6c6bd

#d4d4cd

#e3e3de

#f1f1ee

Tones

Color #aaaa9c mixed toward gray.

#a9a99d

#a8a89e

#a6a69f

#a5a5a1

#a4a4a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaaa0 · ΔE 1.8

Deuteranopia

#aaaaa0 · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#aaa2a3 · ΔE 10.1

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaaa9c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaaa9c]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#aaaa9c (#aaaa9c) is rgb(170, 170, 156) in RGB.

No, #aaaa9c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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