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#A6A18F

#a6a18f ≈ Dark Gray

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a6a18f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 63.14% green and 56.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.01% magenta, 13.86% yellow and 34.9% black. Its hue angle is 46.96°, with 11.44% saturation and 60.59% 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 8.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 8.66.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3558

Complementary

  1. #a6a18f
  2. #8f94a6

Split complementary

  1. #a6a18f
  2. #8fa0a6
  3. #968fa6

Analogous

  1. #a6968f
  2. #a6a18f
  3. #a0a68f

Triadic

  1. #a6a18f
  2. #8fa6a1
  3. #a18fa6

Tetradic

  1. #a6a18f
  2. #94a68f
  3. #8f94a6
  4. #a18fa6

Square

  1. #a6a18f
  2. #8fa696
  3. #8f94a6
  4. #a68fa0

Monochromatic

  1. #575345
  2. #827c67
  3. #a6a18f
  4. #c8c5ba
  5. #eae9e4

Shades

#a6a18f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a6a18f
  2. #959181
  3. #858172
  4. #747164
  5. #646156
  6. #535148
  7. #424039
  8. #32302b
  9. #21201d
  10. #11100e
  11. #000000

Tints

#a6a18f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a6a18f
  2. #afaa9a
  3. #b8b4a5
  4. #c1bdb1
  5. #cac7bc
  6. #d3d0c7
  7. #dbd9d2
  8. #e4e3dd
  9. #edece9
  10. #f6f6f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a6a18f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a6a18f
  2. #a29e8e
  3. #9e9a8c
  4. #9b978b
  5. #979489
  6. #939188
  7. #8f8d86
  8. #8b8a85
  9. #888783
  10. #848382
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3a19a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a5a08e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a7a290 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aa9e9c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5a08e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6a18f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a89f97 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a6a18f {
  color: #a6a18f;
}
Background
.bg-a6a18f {
  background-color: #a6a18f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a6a18f {
  border: 2px solid #a6a18f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a6a18f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 161 143;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 11% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a6a18f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a6a18f, #a0a68f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a6a18f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 161 143 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.66 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.66 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 10.54 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 10.87 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 10.93 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 12.04 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 12.08 #595e70 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a6a18f  rgb(166, 161, 143)  hsl(47, 11%, 61%)  Dark Gray
#8f94a6  rgb(143, 148, 166)  hsl(227, 11%, 61%)  Cool Gray
#8fa6a1  rgb(143, 166, 161)  hsl(167, 11%, 61%)  Opal
#a18fa6  rgb(161, 143, 166)  hsl(287, 11%, 61%)  Rose Quartz