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#AAA080

#aaa080 ≈ Ecru

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#aaa080 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 62.75% green and 50.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 24.71% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 45.71°, with 19.81% saturation and 58.43% 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 8.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Ecru (#c2b280), ΔE 7.17.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3525

Complementary

  1. #aaa080
  2. #808aaa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa080
  2. #809faa
  3. #8b80aa

Analogous

  1. #aa8b80
  2. #aaa080
  3. #9faa80

Triadic

  1. #aaa080
  2. #80aaa0
  3. #a080aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa080
  2. #8aaa80
  3. #808aaa
  4. #a080aa

Square

  1. #aaa080
  2. #80aa8b
  3. #808aaa
  4. #aa809f

Monochromatic

  1. #57503a
  2. #857a59
  3. #aaa080
  4. #c9c2ae
  5. #e7e5dc

Shades

#aaa080 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa080
  2. #999073
  3. #888066
  4. #77705a
  5. #66604d
  6. #555040
  7. #444033
  8. #333026
  9. #22201a
  10. #11100d
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa080 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa080
  2. #b3aa8d
  3. #bbb399
  4. #c4bda6
  5. #ccc6b3
  6. #d5d0c0
  7. #ddd9cc
  8. #e6e3d9
  9. #eeece6
  10. #f7f6f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa080 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa080
  2. #a69d80
  3. #a29a80
  4. #9d9680
  5. #999380
  6. #959080
  7. #918d80
  8. #8d8a80
  9. #888680
  10. #848380
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4a094 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a79e7e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aaa281 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b19b97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a89f7f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aaa181 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ae9d8f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa080 {
  color: #aaa080;
}
Background
.bg-aaa080 {
  background-color: #aaa080;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa080 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa080;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa080;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 160 128;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 20% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa080 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa080, #9faa80);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa080 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 160 128 / 0.35);
}

#c2b280 Ecru ΔE 7.17 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 7.91 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 10.13 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 10.27 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 11.58 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 12.12 #deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 12.65 #555f7f Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Ecru
#aaa080  rgb(170, 160, 128)  hsl(46, 20%, 58%)  Ecru
#808aaa  rgb(128, 138, 170)  hsl(226, 20%, 58%)  Cool Gray
#80aaa0  rgb(128, 170, 160)  hsl(166, 20%, 58%)  Cadet Blue
#a080aa  rgb(160, 128, 170)  hsl(286, 20%, 58%)  Purple Mountain Majesty