#adae99

Color #adae99

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.5 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#adae99

RGB

rgb(173, 174, 153)

HSL

hsl(62.9, 11.5%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(62.9, 12.1%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 12.1%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(70.49, -4.1, 10.67)

LCH

lch(70.49, 11.43, 111.02)

OKLCH

oklch(74.4%, 0.0293, 109.3)

HWB

hwb(62.9, 60%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9a99ae

Analogous

#aea499

#adae99

#a2ae99

Triadic

#adae99

#99adae

#ae99ad

Split-complementary

#adae99

#99a2ae

#a499ae

Tetradic

#adae99

#99ae9a

#9a99ae

#ae99ad

Square

#adae99

#99aea4

#9a99ae

#ae99a2

Shades

Color #adae99 mixed toward black.

#95967b

#787a60

#5a5b48

#3c3d30

#1e1e18

Tints

Color #adae99 mixed toward white.

#bbbbaa

#c8c9bb

#d6d6cc

#e4e4dd

#f1f1ee

Tones

Color #adae99 mixed toward gray.

#abac9b

#aaaa9c

#a8a99e

#a7a7a0

#a5a5a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adad9e · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#adada0 · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#ada3a3 · ΔE 13.3

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 9.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #adae99;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#adae99]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#adae99 (#adae99) is rgb(173, 174, 153) in RGB.

No, #adae99 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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