#a9aaa0

Color #a9aaa0

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.49 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a9aaa0

RGB

rgb(169, 170, 160)

HSL

hsl(66, 5.6%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66, 5.9%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 5.9%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(69.27, -2.2, 5.03)

LCH

lch(69.27, 5.49, 113.62)

OKLCH

oklch(73.4%, 0.0142, 111.5)

HWB

hwb(66, 62.7%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a1a0aa

Analogous

#aaa6a0

#a9aaa0

#a4aaa0

Triadic

#a9aaa0

#a0a9aa

#aaa0a9

Split-complementary

#a9aaa0

#a0a4aa

#a6a0aa

Tetradic

#a9aaa0

#a0aaa1

#a1a0aa

#aaa0a9

Square

#a9aaa0

#a0aaa6

#a1a0aa

#aaa0a4

Shades

Color #a9aaa0 mixed toward black.

#8f9083

#737468

#56574e

#393a34

#1d1d1a

Tints

Color #a9aaa0 mixed toward white.

#b7b8b0

#c6c6c0

#d4d5cf

#e2e3df

#f1f1ef

Tones

Color #a9aaa0 mixed toward gray.

#a8a9a1

#a8a8a2

#a7a8a2

#a6a7a3

#a6a6a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9a2 · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#a9a9a3 · ΔE 2.1

Tritanopia

#a9a4a5 · ΔE 7.6

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a9aaa0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9aaa0]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a9aaa0 (#a9aaa0) is rgb(169, 170, 160) in RGB.

No, #a9aaa0 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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