#a9ae99

Color #a9ae99

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.65 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a9ae99

RGB

rgb(169, 174, 153)

HSL

hsl(74.3, 11.5%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(74.3, 12.1%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 12.1%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(70.18, -5.58, 10.18)

LCH

lch(70.18, 11.61, 118.73)

OKLCH

oklch(74.1%, 0.0299, 118.11)

HWB

hwb(74.3, 60%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9e99ae

Analogous

#aea899

#a9ae99

#9eae99

Triadic

#a9ae99

#99a9ae

#ae99a9

Split-complementary

#a9ae99

#999eae

#a899ae

Tetradic

#a9ae99

#99ae9e

#9e99ae

#ae99a9

Square

#a9ae99

#99aea8

#9e99ae

#ae999e

Shades

Color #a9ae99 mixed toward black.

#8f967b

#747a60

#575b48

#3a3d30

#1d1e18

Tints

Color #a9ae99 mixed toward white.

#b7bbaa

#c6c9bb

#d4d6cc

#e2e4dd

#f1f1ee

Tones

Color #a9ae99 mixed toward gray.

#a8ac9b

#a7aa9c

#a6a99e

#a5a7a0

#a4a5a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#abab9e · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#ababa0 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#a9a3a3 · ΔE 12.9

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 10.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a9ae99;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9ae99]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#a9ae99 (#a9ae99) is rgb(169, 174, 153) in RGB.

No, #a9ae99 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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