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#A1A661

#a1a661 ≈ Moss Green

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#a1a661 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.14% red, 65.1% green and 38.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 3.01% cyan, 0% magenta, 41.57% yellow and 34.9% black. Its hue angle is 64.35°, with 27.94% saturation and 51.57% 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 8.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moss Green (#8a9a5b), ΔE 5.61.

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Relative luminance0.3571

Complementary

  1. #a1a661
  2. #6661a6

Split complementary

  1. #a1a661
  2. #617fa6
  3. #8961a6

Analogous

  1. #a68961
  2. #a1a661
  3. #7fa661

Triadic

  1. #a1a661
  2. #61a1a6
  3. #a661a1

Tetradic

  1. #a1a661
  2. #61a666
  3. #6661a6
  4. #a661a1

Square

  1. #a1a661
  2. #61a689
  3. #6661a6
  4. #a6617f

Monochromatic

  1. #444628
  2. #747743
  3. #a1a661
  4. #bec292
  5. #dbddc3

Shades

#a1a661 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a1a661
  2. #919557
  3. #81854e
  4. #717444
  5. #61643a
  6. #515331
  7. #404227
  8. #30321d
  9. #202113
  10. #10110a
  11. #000000

Tints

#a1a661 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a1a661
  2. #aaaf71
  3. #b4b881
  4. #bdc190
  5. #c7caa0
  6. #d0d3b0
  7. #d9dbc0
  8. #e3e4d0
  9. #eceddf
  10. #f6f6ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a1a661 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a1a661
  2. #9ea264
  3. #9a9e67
  4. #979b6a
  5. #94976d
  6. #919371
  7. #8d8f74
  8. #8a8b77
  9. #87887a
  10. #83847d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a1a38c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afa05c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0a264 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a99f95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aaa35e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aaa463 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6a283 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a1a661 {
  color: #a1a661;
}
Background
.bg-a1a661 {
  background-color: #a1a661;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a1a661 {
  border: 2px solid #a1a661;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a1a661;
  --color-primary-rgb: 161 166 97;
  --color-primary-hsl: 64 28% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a1a661 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a1a661, #7fa661);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a1a661 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(161 166 97 / 0.35);
}

#8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 5.61 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.45 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 7.75 #87a96b Asparagus ΔE 7.93 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.10 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 8.29 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 9.22 #5e599e Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Moss Green
#a1a661  rgb(161, 166, 97)  hsl(64, 28%, 52%)  Moss Green
#6661a6  rgb(102, 97, 166)  hsl(244, 28%, 52%)  Slate Blue
#61a1a6  rgb(97, 161, 166)  hsl(184, 28%, 52%)  Cadet Blue
#a661a1  rgb(166, 97, 161)  hsl(304, 28%, 52%)  Purpureus