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#AAA896

#aaa896 ≈ Dark Gray

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#aaa896 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 65.88% green and 58.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.18% magenta, 11.76% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 54°, with 10.53% saturation and 62.75% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral 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 8.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 8.35.

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Relative luminance0.3875

Complementary

  1. #aaa896
  2. #9698aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa896
  2. #96a2aa
  3. #9e96aa

Analogous

  1. #aa9e96
  2. #aaa896
  3. #a2aa96

Triadic

  1. #aaa896
  2. #96aaa8
  3. #a896aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa896
  2. #98aa96
  3. #9698aa
  4. #a896aa

Square

  1. #aaa896
  2. #96aa9e
  3. #9698aa
  4. #aa96a2

Monochromatic

  1. #5c5b4b
  2. #87846d
  3. #aaa896
  4. #cccbc0
  5. #eeeeeb

Shades

#aaa896 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa896
  2. #999787
  3. #888678
  4. #777669
  5. #66655a
  6. #55544b
  7. #44433c
  8. #33322d
  9. #22221e
  10. #11110f
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa896 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa896
  2. #b3b1a1
  3. #bbb9ab
  4. #c4c2b6
  5. #cccbc0
  6. #d5d4cb
  7. #dddcd5
  8. #e6e5e0
  9. #eeeeea
  10. #f7f6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa896 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa896
  2. #a6a494
  3. #a2a092
  4. #9d9c8f
  5. #99988d
  6. #95948b
  7. #919089
  8. #8d8c87
  9. #888884
  10. #848482
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a8a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aca795 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aca897 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ada5a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aba795 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aba896 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aca69e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa896 {
  color: #aaa896;
}
Background
.bg-aaa896 {
  background-color: #aaa896;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa896 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa896;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa896;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 168 150;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 11% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa896 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa896, #a2aa96);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa896 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 168 150 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.35 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.35 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 8.73 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 9.41 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 10.64 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 10.77 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 12.81 #555769 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#aaa896  rgb(170, 168, 150)  hsl(54, 11%, 63%)  Dark Gray
#9698aa  rgb(150, 152, 170)  hsl(234, 11%, 63%)  Cool Gray
#96aaa8  rgb(150, 170, 168)  hsl(174, 11%, 63%)  Ash Gray
#a896aa  rgb(168, 150, 170)  hsl(294, 11%, 63%)  Rose Quartz