#aaac9a

Color #aaac9a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.86 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#aaac9a

RGB

rgb(170, 172, 154)

HSL

hsl(66.7, 9.8%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.7, 10.5%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 10.5%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(69.74, -3.96, 9.02)

LCH

lch(69.74, 9.85, 113.7)

OKLCH

oklch(73.8%, 0.0254, 112.22)

HWB

hwb(66.7, 60.4%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c9aac

Analogous

#aca59a

#aaac9a

#a1ac9a

Triadic

#aaac9a

#9aaaac

#ac9aaa

Split-complementary

#aaac9a

#9aa1ac

#a59aac

Tetradic

#aaac9a

#9aac9c

#9c9aac

#ac9aaa

Square

#aaac9a

#9aaca5

#9c9aac

#ac9aa1

Shades

Color #aaac9a mixed toward black.

#91937c

#757762

#585949

#3a3c31

#1d1e18

Tints

Color #aaac9a mixed toward white.

#b8baab

#c6c8bc

#d4d5cc

#e3e3dd

#f1f1ee

Tones

Color #aaac9a mixed toward gray.

#a9aa9b

#a8a99d

#a6a79e

#a5a6a0

#a4a4a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#abab9f · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#ababa0 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#aaa2a3 · ΔE 12.3

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 8.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aaac9a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaac9a]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#aaac9a (#aaac9a) is rgb(170, 172, 154) in RGB.

No, #aaac9a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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