#aea269

Color #aea269

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 11.66 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 12.9

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Conversions

HEX

#aea269

RGB

rgb(174, 162, 105)

HSL

hsl(49.6, 29.9%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(49.6, 39.7%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 39.7%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(66.41, -4.07, 31.22)

LCH

lch(66.41, 31.48, 97.43)

OKLCH

oklch(70.9%, 0.0773, 97.73)

HWB

hwb(49.6, 41.2%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6975ae

Analogous

#ae8069

#aea269

#97ae69

Triadic

#aea269

#69aea2

#a269ae

Split-complementary

#aea269

#6997ae

#8069ae

Tetradic

#aea269

#75ae69

#6975ae

#a269ae

Square

#aea269

#69ae80

#6975ae

#ae6997

Shades

Color #aea269 mixed toward black.

#978b51

#796f41

#5b5331

#3c3821

#1e1c10

Tints

Color #aea269 mixed toward white.

#bcb282

#c9c19b

#d7d1b4

#e4e0cd

#f2f0e6

Tones

Color #aea269 mixed toward gray.

#a89e6f

#a39b74

#9d977a

#979380

#918f86

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a97a · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#aaab7e · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#ad8688 · ΔE 27.6

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 18.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aea269;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aea269]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#aea269 (#aea269) is rgb(174, 162, 105) in RGB.

No, #aea269 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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