#aeaaa2

Color #aeaaa2

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.64 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#aeaaa2

RGB

rgb(174, 170, 162)

HSL

hsl(40, 6.9%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(40, 6.9%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 6.9%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(69.72, -0.02, 4.62)

LCH

lch(69.72, 4.62, 90.25)

OKLCH

oklch(73.9%, 0.0123, 84.38)

HWB

hwb(40, 63.5%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2a6ae

Analogous

#aea4a2

#aeaaa2

#acaea2

Triadic

#aeaaa2

#a2aeaa

#aaa2ae

Split-complementary

#aeaaa2

#a2acae

#a4a2ae

Tetradic

#aeaaa2

#a6aea2

#a2a6ae

#aaa2ae

Square

#aeaaa2

#a2aea4

#a2a6ae

#aea2ac

Shades

Color #aeaaa2 mixed toward black.

#948f84

#787368

#5a564e

#3c3934

#1e1d1a

Tints

Color #aeaaa2 mixed toward white.

#bcb8b2

#c9c6c1

#d7d5d1

#e4e3e0

#f2f1f0

Tones

Color #aeaaa2 mixed toward gray.

#adaaa3

#aca9a4

#aba9a5

#aaa9a6

#a9a8a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acaca4 · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#adada4 · ΔE 2.4

Tritanopia

#aea6a6 · ΔE 5.4

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 4.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aeaaa2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aeaaa2]

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Orange #ffa500

Moccasin #ffe4b5

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Frequently asked questions

#aeaaa2 (#aeaaa2) is rgb(174, 170, 162) in RGB.

No, #aeaaa2 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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