#a8aa8f

Color #a8aa8f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 14.77 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a8aa8f

RGB

rgb(168, 170, 143)

HSL

hsl(64.4, 13.7%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(64.4, 15.9%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 15.9%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(68.79, -5.47, 13.71)

LCH

lch(68.79, 14.76, 111.75)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.0378, 110.79)

HWB

hwb(64.4, 56.1%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#918faa

Analogous

#aa9f8f

#a8aa8f

#9baa8f

Triadic

#a8aa8f

#8fa8aa

#aa8fa8

Split-complementary

#a8aa8f

#8f9baa

#9f8faa

Tetradic

#a8aa8f

#8faa91

#918faa

#aa8fa8

Square

#a8aa8f

#8faa9f

#918faa

#aa8f9b

Shades

Color #a8aa8f mixed toward black.

#919471

#75775a

#575944

#3a3b2d

#1d1e17

Tints

Color #a8aa8f mixed toward white.

#b7b8a2

#c5c6b4

#d4d5c7

#e2e3da

#f1f1ec

Tones

Color #a8aa8f mixed toward gray.

#a6a891

#a4a694

#a2a396

#a0a198

#9e9f9a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a996 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#a9a998 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#a89b9d · ΔE 17.9

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 11.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a8aa8f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8aa8f]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a8aa8f (#a8aa8f) is rgb(168, 170, 143) in RGB.

No, #a8aa8f 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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