#acaa9f

Color #acaa9f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.06 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#acaa9f

RGB

rgb(172, 170, 159)

HSL

hsl(50.8, 7.3%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(50.8, 7.6%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 7.6%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(69.49, -1.28, 5.92)

LCH

lch(69.49, 6.06, 102.2)

OKLCH

oklch(73.7%, 0.0157, 98.44)

HWB

hwb(50.8, 62.4%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9fa1ac

Analogous

#aca39f

#acaa9f

#a7ac9f

Triadic

#acaa9f

#9facaa

#aa9fac

Split-complementary

#acaa9f

#9fa7ac

#a39fac

Tetradic

#acaa9f

#a1ac9f

#9fa1ac

#aa9fac

Square

#acaa9f

#9faca3

#9fa1ac

#ac9fa7

Shades

Color #acaa9f mixed toward black.

#929081

#767466

#59574d

#3b3a33

#1e1d1a

Tints

Color #acaa9f mixed toward white.

#bab8af

#c8c6bf

#d6d5cf

#e3e3df

#f1f1ef

Tones

Color #acaa9f mixed toward gray.

#aba9a0

#aaa9a1

#a9a8a2

#a8a7a3

#a7a6a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

9:1

Black text reads better on this background (9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababa2 · ΔE 1.2

Deuteranopia

#ababa2 · ΔE 1.2

Tritanopia

#aca4a4 · ΔE 7.6

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 5.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #acaa9f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#acaa9f]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Khaki #f0e68c

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Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#acaa9f (#acaa9f) is rgb(172, 170, 159) in RGB.

No, #acaa9f 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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