#aaa79b

Color #aaa79b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.72 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa79b

RGB

rgb(170, 167, 155)

HSL

hsl(48, 8.1%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(48, 8.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 8.8%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(68.42, -1.09, 6.58)

LCH

lch(68.42, 6.67, 99.41)

OKLCH

oklch(72.7%, 0.0173, 95.31)

HWB

hwb(48, 60.8%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b9eaa

Analogous

#aa9f9b

#aaa79b

#a5aa9b

Triadic

#aaa79b

#9baaa7

#a79baa

Split-complementary

#aaa79b

#9ba5aa

#9f9baa

Tetradic

#aaa79b

#9eaa9b

#9b9eaa

#a79baa

Square

#aaa79b

#9baa9f

#9b9eaa

#aa9ba5

Shades

Color #aaa79b mixed toward black.

#918d7e

#757264

#58554b

#3b3932

#1d1c19

Tints

Color #aaa79b mixed toward white.

#b8b6ac

#c6c4bc

#d4d3cd

#e3e2de

#f1f0ee

Tones

Color #aaa79b mixed toward gray.

#a9a69c

#a7a59d

#a6a59f

#a5a4a0

#a4a3a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a99e · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#a9a99f · ΔE 1.7

Tritanopia

#aaa0a1 · ΔE 8.9

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 5.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa79b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa79b]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Frequently asked questions

#aaa79b (#aaa79b) is rgb(170, 167, 155) in RGB.

No, #aaa79b 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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