#aaa59b

Color #aaa59b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.97 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa59b

RGB

rgb(170, 165, 155)

HSL

hsl(40, 8.1%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(40, 8.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 8.8%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(67.89, -0, 5.82)

LCH

lch(67.89, 5.82, 90)

OKLCH

oklch(72.3%, 0.0154, 84.77)

HWB

hwb(40, 60.8%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ba0aa

Analogous

#aa9d9b

#aaa59b

#a7aa9b

Triadic

#aaa59b

#9baaa5

#a59baa

Split-complementary

#aaa59b

#9ba7aa

#9d9baa

Tetradic

#aaa59b

#a0aa9b

#9ba0aa

#a59baa

Square

#aaa59b

#9baa9d

#9ba0aa

#aa9ba7

Shades

Color #aaa59b mixed toward black.

#918b7e

#756f64

#58534b

#3b3832

#1d1c19

Tints

Color #aaa59b mixed toward white.

#b8b4ac

#c6c3bc

#d4d2cd

#e3e1de

#f1f0ee

Tones

Color #aaa59b mixed toward gray.

#a9a59c

#a7a49d

#a6a49f

#a5a3a0

#a4a3a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.56:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a89d · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#a8a99e · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#aa9fa0 · ΔE 7.6

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 5.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa59b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa59b]

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Moccasin #ffe4b5

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Frequently asked questions

#aaa59b (#aaa59b) is rgb(170, 165, 155) in RGB.

No, #aaa59b 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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