#acac9f

Color #acac9f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.14 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 0.9

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Conversions

HEX

#acac9f

RGB

rgb(172, 172, 159)

HSL

hsl(60, 7.3%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 7.6%, 67.5%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(70.02, -2.36, 6.69)

LCH

lch(70.02, 7.09, 109.43)

OKLCH

oklch(74.1%, 0.0183, 106.85)

HWB

hwb(60, 62.4%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f9fac

Analogous

#aca59f

#acac9f

#a5ac9f

Triadic

#acac9f

#9facac

#ac9fac

Split-complementary

#acac9f

#9fa5ac

#a59fac

Tetradic

#acac9f

#9fac9f

#9f9fac

#ac9fac

Square

#acac9f

#9faca5

#9f9fac

#ac9fa5

Shades

Color #acac9f mixed toward black.

#929281

#767666

#59594d

#3b3b33

#1e1e1a

Tints

Color #acac9f mixed toward white.

#babaaf

#c8c8bf

#d6d6cf

#e3e3df

#f1f1ef

Tones

Color #acac9f mixed toward gray.

#ababa0

#aaaaa1

#a9a9a2

#a8a8a3

#a7a7a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acaca2 · ΔE 1.3

Deuteranopia

#acaca3 · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#aca5a5 · ΔE 8.8

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 6.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #acac9f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#acac9f]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#acac9f (#acac9f) is rgb(172, 172, 159) in RGB.

No, #acac9f 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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