#a9af50

Color #a9af50

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 11.18 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 13.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a9af50

RGB

rgb(169, 175, 80)

HSL

hsl(63.8, 37.3%, 50%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(63.8, 54.3%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 54.3%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(69.24, -15.48, 47.23)

LCH

lch(69.24, 49.7, 108.15)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.1193, 112.27)

HWB

hwb(63.8, 31.4%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5650af

Analogous

#af8650

#a9af50

#79af50

Triadic

#a9af50

#50a9af

#af50a9

Split-complementary

#a9af50

#5079af

#8650af

Tetradic

#a9af50

#50af56

#5650af

#af50a9

Square

#a9af50

#50af86

#5650af

#af5079

Shades

Color #a9af50 mixed toward black.

#8d9243

#717535

#555828

#383a1b

#1c1d0d

Tints

Color #a9af50 mixed toward white.

#b7bc6d

#c6ca8a

#d4d7a7

#e2e4c5

#f1f2e2

Tones

Color #a9af50 mixed toward gray.

#a2a758

#9b9f60

#949768

#8d8f70

#868778

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acac71 · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#abab77 · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#a98488 · ΔE 36

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 23.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a9af50;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9af50]

Related colors

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Beige #f5f5dc

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Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a9af50 (#a9af50) is rgb(169, 175, 80) in RGB.

No, #a9af50 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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