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#ACA596

#aca596 ≈ Dark Gray

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#aca596 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 64.71% green and 58.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.07% magenta, 12.79% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 40.91°, with 11.7% saturation and 63.14% 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 8.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 7.33.

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Relative luminance0.3788

Complementary

  1. #aca596
  2. #969dac

Split complementary

  1. #aca596
  2. #96a8ac
  3. #9a96ac

Analogous

  1. #ac9a96
  2. #aca596
  3. #a8ac96

Triadic

  1. #aca596
  2. #96aca5
  3. #a596ac

Tetradic

  1. #aca596
  2. #9dac96
  3. #969dac
  4. #a596ac

Square

  1. #aca596
  2. #96ac9a
  3. #969dac
  4. #ac96a8

Monochromatic

  1. #5e584b
  2. #89806c
  3. #aca596
  4. #cecac1
  5. #f0eeeb

Shades

#aca596 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aca596
  2. #9b9587
  3. #8a8478
  4. #787469
  5. #67635a
  6. #56534b
  7. #45423c
  8. #34322d
  9. #22211e
  10. #11110f
  11. #000000

Tints

#aca596 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aca596
  2. #b4aea1
  3. #bdb7ab
  4. #c5c0b6
  5. #cdc9c0
  6. #d6d2cb
  7. #dedbd5
  8. #e6e4e0
  9. #eeedea
  10. #f7f6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aca596 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aca596
  2. #a8a194
  3. #a39e92
  4. #9f9a8f
  5. #9a968d
  6. #96938b
  7. #928f89
  8. #8d8b87
  9. #898784
  10. #848482
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a5a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9a495 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aba696 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0a2a1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aaa595 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aba696 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aea39d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aca596 {
  color: #aca596;
}
Background
.bg-aca596 {
  background-color: #aca596;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aca596 {
  border: 2px solid #aca596;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aca596;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 165 150;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 12% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aca596 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aca596, #a8ac96);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aca596 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 165 150 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 7.33 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 7.33 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 10.31 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 10.62 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 11.18 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 11.24 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 11.51 #535a69 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#aca596  rgb(172, 165, 150)  hsl(41, 12%, 63%)  Dark Gray
#969dac  rgb(150, 157, 172)  hsl(221, 12%, 63%)  Cool Gray
#96aca5  rgb(150, 172, 165)  hsl(161, 12%, 63%)  Opal
#a596ac  rgb(165, 150, 172)  hsl(281, 12%, 63%)  Rose Quartz