#aaac8c

Color #aaac8c

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 14.99 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#aaac8c

RGB

rgb(170, 172, 140)

HSL

hsl(63.8, 16.2%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(63.8, 18.6%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 18.6%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(69.43, -6.26, 16.27)

LCH

lch(69.43, 17.43, 111.04)

OKLCH

oklch(73.4%, 0.0445, 110.39)

HWB

hwb(63.8, 54.9%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e8cac

Analogous

#ac9e8c

#aaac8c

#9aac8c

Triadic

#aaac8c

#8caaac

#ac8caa

Split-complementary

#aaac8c

#8c9aac

#9e8cac

Tetradic

#aaac8c

#8cac8e

#8e8cac

#ac8caa

Square

#aaac8c

#8cac9e

#8e8cac

#ac8c9a

Shades

Color #aaac8c mixed toward black.

#94966e

#777957

#595b41

#3b3c2c

#1e1e16

Tints

Color #aaac8c mixed toward white.

#b8ba9f

#c6c8b2

#d5d6c6

#e3e3d9

#f1f1ec

Tones

Color #aaac8c mixed toward gray.

#a8a98f

#a5a791

#a3a494

#a1a197

#9e9f99

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#abab95 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#abab97 · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#aa9b9c · ΔE 19.6

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 13.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aaac8c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaac8c]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#aaac8c (#aaac8c) is rgb(170, 172, 140) in RGB.

No, #aaac8c 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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