#a3a49a

Color #a3a49a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.95 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a3a49a

RGB

rgb(163, 164, 154)

HSL

hsl(66, 5.2%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66, 6.1%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 6.1%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(67.03, -2.21, 5.06)

LCH

lch(67.03, 5.52, 113.59)

OKLCH

oklch(71.5%, 0.0143, 111.35)

HWB

hwb(66, 60.4%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b9aa4

Analogous

#a4a09a

#a3a49a

#9ea49a

Triadic

#a3a49a

#9aa3a4

#a49aa3

Split-complementary

#a3a49a

#9a9ea4

#a09aa4

Tetradic

#a3a49a

#9aa49b

#9b9aa4

#a49aa3

Square

#a3a49a

#9aa4a0

#9b9aa4

#a49a9e

Shades

Color #a3a49a mixed toward black.

#8a8b7e

#6e7065

#53544b

#373832

#1c1c19

Tints

Color #a3a49a mixed toward white.

#b2b3ab

#c2c2bc

#d1d2cd

#e0e1dd

#f0f0ee

Tones

Color #a3a49a mixed toward gray.

#a2a39b

#a2a29c

#a1a29d

#a0a19d

#a0a09e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a39c · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#a3a39d · ΔE 2.1

Tritanopia

#a39e9f · ΔE 7.6

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 5.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a3a49a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a3a49a]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a3a49a (#a3a49a) is rgb(163, 164, 154) in RGB.

No, #a3a49a 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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