#acae9b

Color #acae9b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.45 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#acae9b

RGB

rgb(172, 174, 155)

HSL

hsl(66.3, 10.5%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.3, 10.9%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 10.9%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(70.46, -4.13, 9.52)

LCH

lch(70.46, 10.38, 113.45)

OKLCH

oklch(74.4%, 0.0266, 112.04)

HWB

hwb(66.3, 60.8%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d9bae

Analogous

#aea69b

#acae9b

#a2ae9b

Triadic

#acae9b

#9bacae

#ae9bac

Split-complementary

#acae9b

#9ba2ae

#a69bae

Tetradic

#acae9b

#9bae9d

#9d9bae

#ae9bac

Square

#acae9b

#9baea6

#9d9bae

#ae9ba2

Shades

Color #acae9b mixed toward black.

#93957d

#777962

#595b4a

#3b3d31

#1e1e19

Tints

Color #acae9b mixed toward white.

#babbac

#c8c9bc

#d5d6cd

#e3e4de

#f1f1ee

Tones

Color #acae9b mixed toward gray.

#abac9d

#a9ab9e

#a8a9a0

#a7a8a1

#a6a6a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adada0 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#adada1 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#aca4a4 · ΔE 12.1

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #acae9b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#acae9b]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#acae9b (#acae9b) is rgb(172, 174, 155) in RGB.

No, #acae9b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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