#a7a89e

Color #a7a89e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.54 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a7a89e

RGB

rgb(167, 168, 158)

HSL

hsl(66, 5.4%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66, 6%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 6%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(68.53, -2.2, 5.04)

LCH

lch(68.53, 5.5, 113.58)

OKLCH

oklch(72.8%, 0.0142, 111.5)

HWB

hwb(66, 62%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f9ea8

Analogous

#a8a49e

#a7a89e

#a2a89e

Triadic

#a7a89e

#9ea7a8

#a89ea7

Split-complementary

#a7a89e

#9ea2a8

#a49ea8

Tetradic

#a7a89e

#9ea89f

#9f9ea8

#a89ea7

Square

#a7a89e

#9ea8a4

#9f9ea8

#a89ea2

Shades

Color #a7a89e mixed toward black.

#8d8e81

#717267

#55564d

#393933

#1c1d1a

Tints

Color #a7a89e mixed toward white.

#b6b6ae

#c4c5be

#d3d3ce

#e2e2df

#f0f0ef

Tones

Color #a7a89e mixed toward gray.

#a6a79f

#a6a6a0

#a5a5a0

#a4a5a1

#a4a4a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7a0 · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#a7a7a1 · ΔE 2.1

Tritanopia

#a7a2a3 · ΔE 7.6

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 5.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #a7a89e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a7a89e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a7a89e (#a7a89e) is rgb(167, 168, 158) in RGB.

No, #a7a89e 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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