#acae99

Color #acae99

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.52 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#acae99

RGB

rgb(172, 174, 153)

HSL

hsl(65.7, 11.5%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.7, 12.1%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 12.1%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(70.42, -4.47, 10.55)

LCH

lch(70.42, 11.46, 112.96)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.0295, 111.51)

HWB

hwb(65.7, 60%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b99ae

Analogous

#aea599

#acae99

#a1ae99

Triadic

#acae99

#99acae

#ae99ac

Split-complementary

#acae99

#99a1ae

#a599ae

Tetradic

#acae99

#99ae9b

#9b99ae

#ae99ac

Square

#acae99

#99aea5

#9b99ae

#ae99a1

Shades

Color #acae99 mixed toward black.

#93967b

#777a60

#595b48

#3c3d30

#1e1e18

Tints

Color #acae99 mixed toward white.

#babbaa

#c8c9bb

#d5d6cc

#e3e4dd

#f1f1ee

Tones

Color #acae99 mixed toward gray.

#abac9b

#a9aa9c

#a8a99e

#a6a7a0

#a5a5a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adad9e · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#adada0 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#aca3a3 · ΔE 13.2

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 9.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #acae99;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#acae99]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#acae99 (#acae99) is rgb(172, 174, 153) in RGB.

No, #acae99 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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