#aaa595

Color #aaa595

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.12 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa595

RGB

rgb(170, 165, 149)

HSL

hsl(45.7, 11%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(45.7, 12.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 12.4%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(67.74, -1.03, 8.94)

LCH

lch(67.74, 9, 96.57)

OKLCH

oklch(72.2%, 0.0233, 92.46)

HWB

hwb(45.7, 58.4%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#959aaa

Analogous

#aa9a95

#aaa595

#a4aa95

Triadic

#aaa595

#95aaa5

#a595aa

Split-complementary

#aaa595

#95a4aa

#9a95aa

Tetradic

#aaa595

#9aaa95

#959aaa

#a595aa

Square

#aaa595

#95aa9a

#959aaa

#aa95a4

Shades

Color #aaa595 mixed toward black.

#928c77

#76705f

#585447

#3b382f

#1d1c18

Tints

Color #aaa595 mixed toward white.

#b8b4a7

#c6c3b8

#d4d2ca

#e3e1dc

#f1f0ed

Tones

Color #aaa595 mixed toward gray.

#a8a497

#a6a398

#a5a29a

#a3a19c

#a1a09e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a899 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#a8a99a · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#aa9c9d · ΔE 11.3

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 7.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa595;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa595]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Gold #ffd700

Floral White #fffaf0

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Frequently asked questions

#aaa595 (#aaa595) is rgb(170, 165, 149) in RGB.

No, #aaa595 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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