#aeae9a

Color #aeae9a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.96 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#aeae9a

RGB

rgb(174, 174, 154)

HSL

hsl(60, 11%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 11.5%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 11.5%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(70.6, -3.56, 10.28)

LCH

lch(70.6, 10.88, 109.1)

OKLCH

oklch(74.5%, 0.0279, 107.07)

HWB

hwb(60, 60.4%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9a9aae

Analogous

#aea49a

#aeae9a

#a4ae9a

Triadic

#aeae9a

#9aaeae

#ae9aae

Split-complementary

#aeae9a

#9aa4ae

#a49aae

Tetradic

#aeae9a

#9aae9a

#9a9aae

#ae9aae

Square

#aeae9a

#9aaea4

#9a9aae

#ae9aa4

Shades

Color #aeae9a mixed toward black.

#96967c

#797961

#5b5b49

#3d3d31

#1e1e18

Tints

Color #aeae9a mixed toward white.

#bbbbab

#c9c9bc

#d6d6cc

#e4e4dd

#f1f1ee

Tones

Color #aeae9a mixed toward gray.

#acac9c

#abab9d

#a9a99f

#a7a7a1

#a6a6a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aeae9f · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#aeaea0 · ΔE 2.4

Tritanopia

#aea3a4 · ΔE 13.5

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 9.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aeae9a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aeae9a]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#aeae9a (#aeae9a) is rgb(174, 174, 154) in RGB.

No, #aeae9a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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