#a8ae78

Color #a8ae78

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 13.02 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 11.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a8ae78

RGB

rgb(168, 174, 120)

HSL

hsl(66.7, 25%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.7, 31%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 31%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(69.44, -10.99, 27.08)

LCH

lch(69.44, 29.23, 112.09)

OKLCH

oklch(73.3%, 0.0735, 113.39)

HWB

hwb(66.7, 47.1%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e78ae

Analogous

#ae9978

#a8ae78

#8dae78

Triadic

#a8ae78

#78a8ae

#ae78a8

Split-complementary

#a8ae78

#788dae

#9978ae

Tetradic

#a8ae78

#78ae7e

#7e78ae

#ae78a8

Square

#a8ae78

#78ae99

#7e78ae

#ae788d

Shades

Color #a8ae78 mixed toward black.

#92995c

#757a49

#585c37

#3a3d25

#1d1f12

Tints

Color #a8ae78 mixed toward white.

#b6bb8e

#c5c9a5

#d3d6bb

#e2e4d2

#f0f1e8

Tones

Color #a8ae78 mixed toward gray.

#a4a97c

#a1a581

#9da085

#9a9c8a

#96978e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#abab88 · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#aaaa8b · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#a89395 · ΔE 27.7

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 18.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a8ae78;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8ae78]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a8ae78 (#a8ae78) is rgb(168, 174, 120) in RGB.

No, #a8ae78 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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