#aeaca6

Color #aeaca6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.53 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#aeaca6

RGB

rgb(174, 172, 166)

HSL

hsl(45, 4.7%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(45, 4.6%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 4.6%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(70.36, -0.39, 3.33)

LCH

lch(70.36, 3.35, 96.68)

OKLCH

oklch(74.4%, 0.0088, 91.3)

HWB

hwb(45, 65.1%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6a8ae

Analogous

#aea8a6

#aeaca6

#acaea6

Triadic

#aeaca6

#a6aeac

#aca6ae

Split-complementary

#aeaca6

#a6acae

#a8a6ae

Tetradic

#aeaca6

#a8aea6

#a6a8ae

#aca6ae

Square

#aeaca6

#a6aea8

#a6a8ae

#aea6ac

Shades

Color #aeaca6 mixed toward black.

#939088

#77746c

#595751

#3b3a36

#1e1d1b

Tints

Color #aeaca6 mixed toward white.

#bcbab5

#c9c8c4

#d7d6d3

#e4e3e1

#f2f1f0

Tones

Color #aeaca6 mixed toward gray.

#adaca7

#adaba7

#acaba8

#ababa9

#abaaa9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adada7 · ΔE 1.1

Deuteranopia

#adada8 · ΔE 1.1

Tritanopia

#aea9a9 · ΔE 4.2

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 3.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aeaca6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aeaca6]

Related colors

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Floral White #fffaf0

Gold #ffd700

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Frequently asked questions

#aeaca6 (#aeaca6) is rgb(174, 172, 166) in RGB.

No, #aeaca6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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