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#A6A668

#a6a668 ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#a6a668 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 65.1% green and 40.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 37.35% yellow and 34.9% black. Its hue angle is 60°, with 25.83% saturation and 52.94% 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 8.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 5.96.

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Web safe#999966
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Relative luminance0.3638

Complementary

  1. #a6a668
  2. #6868a6

Split complementary

  1. #a6a668
  2. #6887a6
  3. #8768a6

Analogous

  1. #a68768
  2. #a6a668
  3. #87a668

Triadic

  1. #a6a668
  2. #68a6a6
  3. #a668a6

Tetradic

  1. #a6a668
  2. #68a668
  3. #6868a6
  4. #a668a6

Square

  1. #a6a668
  2. #68a687
  3. #6868a6
  4. #a66887

Monochromatic

  1. #4a4a2b
  2. #7a7a48
  3. #a6a668
  4. #c2c298
  5. #dfdfc8

Shades

#a6a668 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a6a668
  2. #95955e
  3. #858553
  4. #747449
  5. #64643e
  6. #535334
  7. #42422a
  8. #32321f
  9. #212115
  10. #11110a
  11. #000000

Tints

#a6a668 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a6a668
  2. #afaf77
  3. #b8b886
  4. #c1c195
  5. #cacaa4
  6. #d3d3b4
  7. #dbdbc3
  8. #e4e4d2
  9. #edede1
  10. #f6f6f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a6a668 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a6a668
  2. #a2a26a
  3. #9e9e6d
  4. #9b9b6f
  5. #979772
  6. #939374
  7. #8f8f76
  8. #8b8b79
  9. #88887b
  10. #84847e
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4a48f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afa163 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0a46b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ae9f97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aca365 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aca56a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aba286 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a6a668 {
  color: #a6a668;
}
Background
.bg-a6a668 {
  background-color: #a6a668;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a6a668 {
  border: 2px solid #a6a668;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a6a668;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 166 104;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 26% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a6a668 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a6a668, #87a668);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a6a668 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 166 104 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.96 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 6.64 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 6.87 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 7.57 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.98 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.66 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 8.75 #595997 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#a6a668  rgb(166, 166, 104)  hsl(60, 26%, 53%)  Dark Khaki
#6868a6  rgb(104, 104, 166)  hsl(240, 26%, 53%)  Slate Blue
#68a6a6  rgb(104, 166, 166)  hsl(180, 26%, 53%)  Cadet Blue
#a668a6  rgb(166, 104, 166)  hsl(300, 26%, 53%)  Purple Mountain Majesty