#aaaa8b

Color #aaaa8b

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 14.68 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#aaaa8b

RGB

rgb(170, 170, 139)

HSL

hsl(60, 15.4%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 18.2%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 18.2%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(68.87, -5.35, 16.03)

LCH

lch(68.87, 16.9, 108.46)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.0431, 107.43)

HWB

hwb(60, 54.5%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b8baa

Analogous

#aa9b8b

#aaaa8b

#9baa8b

Triadic

#aaaa8b

#8baaaa

#aa8baa

Split-complementary

#aaaa8b

#8b9baa

#9b8baa

Tetradic

#aaaa8b

#8baa8b

#8b8baa

#aa8baa

Square

#aaaa8b

#8baa9b

#8b8baa

#aa8b9b

Shades

Color #aaaa8b mixed toward black.

#94946d

#777757

#595941

#3b3b2c

#1e1e16

Tints

Color #aaaa8b mixed toward white.

#b8b89e

#c6c6b2

#d5d5c5

#e3e3d8

#f1f1ec

Tones

Color #aaaa8b mixed toward gray.

#a7a78e

#a5a590

#a2a293

#a0a095

#9d9d98

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.83:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaa93 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#aaaa95 · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#aa999b · ΔE 20

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 12.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aaaa8b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaaa8b]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#aaaa8b (#aaaa8b) is rgb(170, 170, 139) in RGB.

No, #aaaa8b 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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