#a5a59c

Color #a5a59c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.24 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a5a59c

RGB

rgb(165, 165, 156)

HSL

hsl(60, 4.8%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 5.5%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 5.5%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(67.51, -1.67, 4.66)

LCH

lch(67.51, 4.95, 109.72)

OKLCH

oklch(71.9%, 0.0127, 106.87)

HWB

hwb(60, 61.2%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c9ca5

Analogous

#a5a09c

#a5a59c

#a0a59c

Triadic

#a5a59c

#9ca5a5

#a59ca5

Split-complementary

#a5a59c

#9ca0a5

#a09ca5

Tetradic

#a5a59c

#9ca59c

#9c9ca5

#a59ca5

Square

#a5a59c

#9ca5a0

#9c9ca5

#a59ca0

Shades

Color #a5a59c mixed toward black.

#8b8b80

#707066

#54544c

#383833

#1c1c19

Tints

Color #a5a59c mixed toward white.

#b4b4ac

#c3c3bd

#d2d2cd

#e1e1de

#f0f0ee

Tones

Color #a5a59c mixed toward gray.

#a4a49d

#a3a39d

#a3a39e

#a2a29f

#a1a1a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a59e · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#a5a59f · ΔE 1.5

Tritanopia

#a5a0a0 · ΔE 6.3

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 4.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a5a59c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5a59c]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a5a59c (#a5a59c) is rgb(165, 165, 156) in RGB.

No, #a5a59c 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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