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#A8A08F

#a8a08f ≈ Dark Gray

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#a8a08f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 62.75% green and 56.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.76% magenta, 14.88% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 40.8°, with 12.56% saturation and 60.98% 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 8.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 8.48.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3545

Complementary

  1. #a8a08f
  2. #8f97a8

Split complementary

  1. #a8a08f
  2. #8fa3a8
  3. #948fa8

Analogous

  1. #a8948f
  2. #a8a08f
  3. #a3a88f

Triadic

  1. #a8a08f
  2. #8fa8a0
  3. #a08fa8

Tetradic

  1. #a8a08f
  2. #97a88f
  3. #8f97a8
  4. #a08fa8

Square

  1. #a8a08f
  2. #8fa894
  3. #8f97a8
  4. #a88fa3

Monochromatic

  1. #595345
  2. #847b67
  3. #a8a08f
  4. #c9c5ba
  5. #ebe9e5

Shades

#a8a08f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8a08f
  2. #979081
  3. #868072
  4. #767064
  5. #656056
  6. #545048
  7. #434039
  8. #32302b
  9. #22201d
  10. #11100e
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8a08f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8a08f
  2. #b1aa9a
  3. #b9b3a5
  4. #c2bdb1
  5. #cbc6bc
  6. #d4d0c7
  7. #dcd9d2
  8. #e5e3dd
  9. #eeece9
  10. #f6f6f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8a08f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8a08f
  2. #a49d8e
  3. #a09a8c
  4. #9c968b
  5. #989389
  6. #949088
  7. #908d86
  8. #8c8a85
  9. #888683
  10. #848382
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4a09a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a49f8e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6a28f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ad9d9b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6a08e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7a18f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ab9e96 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8a08f {
  color: #a8a08f;
}
Background
.bg-a8a08f {
  background-color: #a8a08f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8a08f {
  border: 2px solid #a8a08f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8a08f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 160 143;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 13% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8a08f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8a08f, #a3a88f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8a08f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 160 143 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.48 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.48 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 11.04 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 11.39 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 11.65 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 11.95 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 11.95 #575f70 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a8a08f  rgb(168, 160, 143)  hsl(41, 13%, 61%)  Dark Gray
#8f97a8  rgb(143, 151, 168)  hsl(221, 13%, 61%)  Cool Gray
#8fa8a0  rgb(143, 168, 160)  hsl(161, 13%, 61%)  Opal
#a08fa8  rgb(160, 143, 168)  hsl(281, 13%, 61%)  Rose Quartz