#a1a38a

Color #a1a38a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 14.1 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a1a38a

RGB

rgb(161, 163, 138)

HSL

hsl(64.8, 12%, 59%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(64.8, 15.3%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 15.3%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(66.22, -5.17, 12.77)

LCH

lch(66.22, 13.78, 112.04)

OKLCH

oklch(70.7%, 0.0353, 111.11)

HWB

hwb(64.8, 54.1%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8c8aa3

Analogous

#a3988a

#a1a38a

#94a38a

Triadic

#a1a38a

#8aa1a3

#a38aa1

Split-complementary

#a1a38a

#8a94a3

#988aa3

Tetradic

#a1a38a

#8aa38c

#8c8aa3

#a38aa1

Square

#a1a38a

#8aa398

#8c8aa3

#a38a94

Shades

Color #a1a38a mixed toward black.

#8a8c6e

#6e7058

#535442

#37382c

#1c1c16

Tints

Color #a1a38a mixed toward white.

#b1b29d

#c0c2b1

#d0d1c4

#e0e0d8

#eff0eb

Tones

Color #a1a38a mixed toward gray.

#9fa18c

#9d9f8e

#9c9d90

#9a9b92

#989994

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a291 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#a2a292 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#a19597 · ΔE 17

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 11.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a1a38a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a1a38a]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a1a38a (#a1a38a) is rgb(161, 163, 138) in RGB.

No, #a1a38a is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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