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#AAA985

#aaa985 ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#aaa985 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 66.27% green and 52.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.59% magenta, 21.76% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 58.38°, with 17.87% saturation and 59.41% 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 8.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 5.05.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3862

Complementary

  1. #aaa985
  2. #8586aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa985
  2. #8598aa
  3. #9685aa

Analogous

  1. #aa9685
  2. #aaa985
  3. #98aa85

Triadic

  1. #aaa985
  2. #85aaa9
  3. #a985aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa985
  2. #86aa85
  3. #8586aa
  4. #a985aa

Square

  1. #aaa985
  2. #85aa96
  3. #8586aa
  4. #aa8598

Monochromatic

  1. #58583e
  2. #85845d
  3. #aaa985
  4. #c9c9b2
  5. #e9e9df

Shades

#aaa985 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa985
  2. #999878
  3. #88876a
  4. #77765d
  5. #666550
  6. #555543
  7. #444435
  8. #333328
  9. #22221b
  10. #11110d
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa985 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa985
  2. #b3b291
  3. #bbba9d
  4. #c4c3aa
  5. #cccbb6
  6. #d5d4c2
  7. #ddddce
  8. #e6e5da
  9. #eeeee7
  10. #f7f6f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa985 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa985
  2. #a6a585
  3. #a2a184
  4. #9d9d84
  5. #999983
  6. #959583
  7. #919082
  8. #8d8c82
  9. #888881
  10. #848481
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a89b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afa683 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0a886 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0a49f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ada784 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aea886 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ada695 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa985 {
  color: #aaa985;
}
Background
.bg-aaa985 {
  background-color: #aaa985;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa985 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa985;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa985;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 169 133;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 18% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa985 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa985, #98aa85);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa985 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 169 133 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 5.05 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 7.10 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.69 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 10.15 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 11.00 #87a96b Asparagus ΔE 11.06 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 12.06 #55567a Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Sage
#aaa985  rgb(170, 169, 133)  hsl(58, 18%, 59%)  Sage
#8586aa  rgb(133, 134, 170)  hsl(238, 18%, 59%)  Cool Gray
#85aaa9  rgb(133, 170, 169)  hsl(178, 18%, 59%)  Cadet Blue
#a985aa  rgb(169, 133, 170)  hsl(298, 18%, 59%)  Mountbatten Pink