#a9af97

Color #a9af97

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 13.32 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a9af97

RGB

rgb(169, 175, 151)

HSL

hsl(75, 13%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(75, 13.7%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 13.7%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(70.41, -6.45, 11.6)

LCH

lch(70.41, 13.27, 119.08)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.0342, 118.66)

HWB

hwb(75, 59.2%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d97af

Analogous

#afa997

#a9af97

#9daf97

Triadic

#a9af97

#97a9af

#af97a9

Split-complementary

#a9af97

#979daf

#a997af

Tetradic

#a9af97

#97af9d

#9d97af

#af97a9

Square

#a9af97

#97afa9

#9d97af

#af979d

Shades

Color #a9af97 mixed toward black.

#909778

#747b5f

#575c47

#3a3d2f

#1d1f18

Tints

Color #a9af97 mixed toward white.

#b7bca8

#c6caba

#d4d7cb

#e2e4dc

#f1f2ee

Tones

Color #a9af97 mixed toward gray.

#a8ad99

#a7ab9b

#a6a99d

#a5a79f

#a4a5a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acac9d · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#abab9f · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#a9a2a3 · ΔE 15.1

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 11.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9af97;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9af97]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#a9af97 (#a9af97) is rgb(169, 175, 151) in RGB.

No, #a9af97 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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