#aeaea9

Color #aeaea9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.22 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#aeaea9

RGB

rgb(174, 174, 169)

HSL

hsl(60, 3%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 2.9%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 2.9%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(70.96, -0.93, 2.56)

LCH

lch(70.96, 2.72, 109.97)

OKLCH

oklch(74.9%, 0.0071, 106.39)

HWB

hwb(60, 66.3%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9a9ae

Analogous

#aeaca9

#aeaea9

#acaea9

Triadic

#aeaea9

#a9aeae

#aea9ae

Split-complementary

#aeaea9

#a9acae

#aca9ae

Tetradic

#aeaea9

#a9aea9

#a9a9ae

#aea9ae

Square

#aeaea9

#a9aeac

#a9a9ae

#aea9ac

Shades

Color #aeaea9 mixed toward black.

#92928c

#76766f

#585853

#3b3b37

#1d1d1c

Tints

Color #aeaea9 mixed toward white.

#bcbcb7

#c9c9c6

#d7d7d4

#e4e4e2

#f2f2f1

Tones

Color #aeaea9 mixed toward gray.

#aeaeaa

#adadaa

#acacab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aeaeaa · ΔE 0.5

Deuteranopia

#aeaeab · ΔE 1.1

Tritanopia

#aeabab · ΔE 3.6

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 2.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aeaea9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aeaea9]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#aeaea9 (#aeaea9) is rgb(174, 174, 169) in RGB.

No, #aeaea9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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