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#A8A67F

#a8a67f ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#a8a67f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 65.1% green and 49.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.19% magenta, 24.4% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 57.07°, with 19.07% saturation and 57.84% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 5.42.

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Web safe#999966
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Relative luminance0.3713

Complementary

  1. #a8a67f
  2. #7f81a8

Split complementary

  1. #a8a67f
  2. #7f95a8
  3. #917fa8

Analogous

  1. #a8917f
  2. #a8a67f
  3. #95a87f

Triadic

  1. #a8a67f
  2. #7fa8a6
  3. #a67fa8

Tetradic

  1. #a8a67f
  2. #81a87f
  3. #7f81a8
  4. #a67fa8

Square

  1. #a8a67f
  2. #7fa891
  3. #7f81a8
  4. #a87f95

Monochromatic

  1. #555339
  2. #828058
  3. #a8a67f
  4. #c7c6ad
  5. #e6e5da

Shades

#a8a67f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8a67f
  2. #979572
  3. #868566
  4. #767459
  5. #65644c
  6. #545340
  7. #434233
  8. #323226
  9. #222119
  10. #11110d
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8a67f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8a67f
  2. #b1af8c
  3. #b9b899
  4. #c2c1a5
  5. #cbcab2
  6. #d4d3bf
  7. #dcdbcc
  8. #e5e4d9
  9. #eeede5
  10. #f6f6f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8a67f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8a67f
  2. #a4a27f
  3. #a09e7f
  4. #9c9b7f
  5. #98977f
  6. #949380
  7. #908f80
  8. #8c8b80
  9. #888880
  10. #848480
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6a597 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ada37d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aea580 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aea19b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aba47e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aca580 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aca391 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8a67f {
  color: #a8a67f;
}
Background
.bg-a8a67f {
  background-color: #a8a67f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8a67f {
  border: 2px solid #a8a67f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8a67f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 166 127;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 19% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8a67f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8a67f, #95a87f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8a67f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 166 127 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 5.42 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.91 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 9.25 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.27 #87a96b Asparagus ΔE 10.75 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 10.94 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 12.01 #575980 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Sage
#a8a67f  rgb(168, 166, 127)  hsl(57, 19%, 58%)  Sage
#7f81a8  rgb(127, 129, 168)  hsl(237, 19%, 58%)  Cool Gray
#7fa8a6  rgb(127, 168, 166)  hsl(177, 19%, 58%)  Cadet Blue
#a67fa8  rgb(166, 127, 168)  hsl(297, 19%, 58%)  Purple Mountain Majesty