#a8a99c

Color #a8a99c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.14 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 1.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a8a99c

RGB

rgb(168, 169, 156)

HSL

hsl(64.6, 7%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(64.6, 7.7%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 7.7%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(68.82, -2.74, 6.58)

LCH

lch(68.82, 7.13, 112.61)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.0184, 110.41)

HWB

hwb(64.6, 61.2%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d9ca9

Analogous

#a9a39c

#a8a99c

#a1a99c

Triadic

#a8a99c

#9ca8a9

#a99ca8

Split-complementary

#a8a99c

#9ca1a9

#a39ca9

Tetradic

#a8a99c

#9ca99d

#9d9ca9

#a99ca8

Square

#a8a99c

#9ca9a3

#9d9ca9

#a99ca1

Shades

Color #a8a99c mixed toward black.

#8e907f

#737465

#56574c

#393a32

#1d1d19

Tints

Color #a8a99c mixed toward white.

#b6b7ac

#c5c6bd

#d3d4cd

#e2e2de

#f0f1ee

Tones

Color #a8a99c mixed toward gray.

#a7a89d

#a6a79e

#a5a69f

#a4a5a0

#a3a4a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a89f · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#a8a8a0 · ΔE 2.4

Tritanopia

#a8a2a2 · ΔE 8.7

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 6.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a8a99c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8a99c]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a8a99c (#a8a99c) is rgb(168, 169, 156) in RGB.

No, #a8a99c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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