#a3a59d

Color #a3a59d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.85 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a3a59d

RGB

rgb(163, 165, 157)

HSL

hsl(75, 4.3%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(75, 4.8%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 4.8%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(67.38, -2.21, 3.89)

LCH

lch(67.38, 4.47, 119.6)

OKLCH

oklch(71.8%, 0.0116, 118.33)

HWB

hwb(75, 61.6%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f9da5

Analogous

#a5a39d

#a3a59d

#9fa59d

Triadic

#a3a59d

#9da3a5

#a59da3

Split-complementary

#a3a59d

#9d9fa5

#a39da5

Tetradic

#a3a59d

#9da59f

#9f9da5

#a59da3

Square

#a3a59d

#9da5a3

#9f9da5

#a59d9f

Shades

Color #a3a59d mixed toward black.

#898b81

#6e7067

#52544d

#373833

#1b1c1a

Tints

Color #a3a59d mixed toward white.

#b2b4ad

#c2c3be

#d1d2ce

#e0e1de

#f0f0ef

Tones

Color #a3a59d mixed toward gray.

#a3a49e

#a2a49e

#a2a39f

#a2a2a0

#a1a2a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a49f · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#a4a49f · ΔE 2

Tritanopia

#a3a1a1 · ΔE 5.4

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 4.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a3a59d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a3a59d]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#a3a59d (#a3a59d) is rgb(163, 165, 157) in RGB.

No, #a3a59d 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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