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#A4A48A

#a4a48a ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#a4a48a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.31% red, 64.31% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 15.85% yellow and 35.69% black. Its hue angle is 60°, with 12.5% saturation and 59.22% 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 8.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 8.01.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3628

Complementary

  1. #a4a48a
  2. #8a8aa4

Split complementary

  1. #a4a48a
  2. #8a97a4
  3. #978aa4

Analogous

  1. #a4978a
  2. #a4a48a
  3. #97a48a

Triadic

  1. #a4a48a
  2. #8aa4a4
  3. #a48aa4

Tetradic

  1. #a4a48a
  2. #8aa48a
  3. #8a8aa4
  4. #a48aa4

Square

  1. #a4a48a
  2. #8aa497
  3. #8a8aa4
  4. #a48a97

Monochromatic

  1. #545441
  2. #7f7f63
  3. #a4a48a
  4. #c5c5b5
  5. #e7e7e0

Shades

#a4a48a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a4a48a
  2. #94947c
  3. #83836e
  4. #737361
  5. #626253
  6. #525245
  7. #424237
  8. #313129
  9. #21211c
  10. #10100e
  11. #000000

Tints

#a4a48a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a4a48a
  2. #adad96
  3. #b6b6a1
  4. #bfbfad
  5. #c8c8b9
  6. #d2d2c5
  7. #dbdbd0
  8. #e4e4dc
  9. #edede8
  10. #f6f6f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a4a48a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a4a48a
  2. #a0a089
  3. #9d9d88
  4. #999987
  5. #969686
  6. #929285
  7. #8e8e84
  8. #8b8b83
  9. #878782
  10. #848481
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3a399 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9a288 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a9a38b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a8a09d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7a389 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7a38b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6a296 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a4a48a {
  color: #a4a48a;
}
Background
.bg-a4a48a {
  background-color: #a4a48a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a4a48a {
  border: 2px solid #a4a48a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a4a48a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 164 164 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 13% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a4a48a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a4a48a, #97a48a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a4a48a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(164 164 138 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 8.01 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 9.69 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 10.58 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 11.47 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 11.47 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.60 #87a96b Asparagus ΔE 12.60 #5b5b75 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Sage
#a4a48a  rgb(164, 164, 138)  hsl(60, 13%, 59%)  Sage
#8a8aa4  rgb(138, 138, 164)  hsl(240, 13%, 59%)  Cool Gray
#8aa4a4  rgb(138, 164, 164)  hsl(180, 13%, 59%)  Cadet Blue
#a48aa4  rgb(164, 138, 164)  hsl(300, 13%, 59%)  Rose Quartz