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#AAA87F

#aaa87f ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#aaa87f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 65.88% green and 49.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.18% magenta, 25.29% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 57.21°, with 20.19% saturation and 58.24% 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 8.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 4.75.

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Relative luminance0.3808

Complementary

  1. #aaa87f
  2. #7f81aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa87f
  2. #7f97aa
  3. #937faa

Analogous

  1. #aa937f
  2. #aaa87f
  3. #97aa7f

Triadic

  1. #aaa87f
  2. #7faaa8
  3. #a87faa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa87f
  2. #81aa7f
  3. #7f81aa
  4. #a87faa

Square

  1. #aaa87f
  2. #7faa93
  3. #7f81aa
  4. #aa7f97

Monochromatic

  1. #575539
  2. #858258
  3. #aaa87f
  4. #c9c7ad
  5. #e7e7db

Shades

#aaa87f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa87f
  2. #999772
  3. #888666
  4. #777659
  5. #66654c
  6. #555440
  7. #444333
  8. #333226
  9. #222219
  10. #11110d
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa87f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa87f
  2. #b3b18c
  3. #bbb999
  4. #c4c2a5
  5. #cccbb2
  6. #d5d4bf
  7. #dddccc
  8. #e6e5d9
  9. #eeeee5
  10. #f7f6f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa87f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa87f
  2. #a6a47f
  3. #a2a07f
  4. #9d9c7f
  5. #99987f
  6. #959480
  7. #919080
  8. #8d8c80
  9. #888880
  10. #848480
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a798 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afa57c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0a781 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0a39d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ada67d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aea780 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aea592 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa87f {
  color: #aaa87f;
}
Background
.bg-aaa87f {
  background-color: #aaa87f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa87f {
  border: 2px solid #aaa87f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa87f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 168 127;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 20% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa87f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa87f, #97aa7f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa87f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 168 127 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 4.75 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.41 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.56 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 9.27 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 10.48 #87a96b Asparagus ΔE 10.60 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 11.41 #555780 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Sage
#aaa87f  rgb(170, 168, 127)  hsl(57, 20%, 58%)  Sage
#7f81aa  rgb(127, 129, 170)  hsl(237, 20%, 58%)  Cool Gray
#7faaa8  rgb(127, 170, 168)  hsl(177, 20%, 58%)  Cadet Blue
#a87faa  rgb(168, 127, 170)  hsl(297, 20%, 58%)  Purple Mountain Majesty