#a1ae49

Color #a1ae49

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 15.06 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 11.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a1ae49

RGB

rgb(161, 174, 73)

HSL

hsl(67.7, 40.9%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.7, 58%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 58%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(68.26, -18.89, 49.22)

LCH

lch(68.26, 52.72, 111)

OKLCH

oklch(72%, 0.1266, 115.8)

HWB

hwb(67.7, 28.6%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5649ae

Analogous

#ae8849

#a1ae49

#6eae49

Triadic

#a1ae49

#49a1ae

#ae49a1

Split-complementary

#a1ae49

#496eae

#8849ae

Tetradic

#a1ae49

#49ae56

#5649ae

#ae49a1

Square

#a1ae49

#49ae88

#5649ae

#ae496e

Shades

Color #a1ae49 mixed toward black.

#86913d

#6b7431

#505724

#363a18

#1b1d0c

Tints

Color #a1ae49 mixed toward white.

#b3be65

#c2cb83

#d1d8a2

#e0e5c1

#f0f2e0

Tones

Color #a1ae49 mixed toward gray.

#9ba551

#949d5a

#8e9562

#888c6b

#828473

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a76d · ΔE 7.7

Deuteranopia

#a6a574 · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#a28185 · ΔE 36.9

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 24.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a1ae49;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a1ae49]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a1ae49 (#a1ae49) is rgb(161, 174, 73) in RGB.

No, #a1ae49 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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