#aaab9b

Color #aaab9b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.75 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 0.7

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Conversions

HEX

#aaab9b

RGB

rgb(170, 171, 155)

HSL

hsl(63.7, 8.7%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(63.7, 9.4%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 9.4%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(69.5, -3.25, 8.12)

LCH

lch(69.5, 8.75, 111.81)

OKLCH

oklch(73.6%, 0.0225, 109.72)

HWB

hwb(63.7, 60.8%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c9bab

Analogous

#aba49b

#aaab9b

#a2ab9b

Triadic

#aaab9b

#9baaab

#ab9baa

Split-complementary

#aaab9b

#9ba2ab

#a49bab

Tetradic

#aaab9b

#9bab9c

#9c9bab

#ab9baa

Square

#aaab9b

#9baba4

#9c9bab

#ab9ba2

Shades

Color #aaab9b mixed toward black.

#91927d

#757663

#58594a

#3a3b32

#1d1e19

Tints

Color #aaab9b mixed toward white.

#b8b9ac

#c6c7bc

#d4d5cd

#e3e3de

#f1f1ee

Tones

Color #aaab9b mixed toward gray.

#a9aa9c

#a8a89e

#a6a79f

#a5a6a0

#a4a4a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaa9f · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#aaaaa0 · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#aaa2a3 · ΔE 11.2

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 7.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaab9b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaab9b]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#aaab9b (#aaab9b) is rgb(170, 171, 155) in RGB.

No, #aaab9b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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