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#A8A294

#a8a294 ≈ Dark Gray

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a8a294 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 63.53% green and 58.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.57% magenta, 11.9% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 42°, with 10.31% saturation and 61.96% 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 8.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 7.11.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.363

Complementary

  1. #a8a294
  2. #949aa8

Split complementary

  1. #a8a294
  2. #94a4a8
  3. #9894a8

Analogous

  1. #a89894
  2. #a8a294
  3. #a4a894

Triadic

  1. #a8a294
  2. #94a8a2
  3. #a294a8

Tetradic

  1. #a8a294
  2. #9aa894
  3. #949aa8
  4. #a294a8

Square

  1. #a8a294
  2. #94a898
  3. #949aa8
  4. #a894a4

Monochromatic

  1. #5a5549
  2. #847d6b
  3. #a8a294
  4. #cac7be
  5. #edebe8

Shades

#a8a294 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8a294
  2. #979285
  3. #868276
  4. #767168
  5. #656159
  6. #54514a
  7. #43413b
  8. #32312c
  9. #22201e
  10. #11100f
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8a294 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8a294
  2. #b1ab9f
  3. #b9b5a9
  4. #c2beb4
  5. #cbc7bf
  6. #d4d1ca
  7. #dcdad4
  8. #e5e3df
  9. #eeecea
  10. #f6f6f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8a294 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8a294
  2. #a49f92
  3. #a09b90
  4. #9c988e
  5. #98948c
  6. #94918a
  7. #908e88
  8. #8c8a86
  9. #888784
  10. #848382
  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 #a5a29d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6a193 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a7a394 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aca09e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7a294 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8a394 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aaa19a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8a294 {
  color: #a8a294;
}
Background
.bg-a8a294 {
  background-color: #a8a294;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8a294 {
  border: 2px solid #a8a294;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8a294;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 162 148;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 10% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8a294 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8a294, #a4a894);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8a294 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 162 148 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 7.11 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 7.11 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 10.71 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 10.79 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 11.67 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 11.84 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 11.89 #575d6b Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a8a294  rgb(168, 162, 148)  hsl(42, 10%, 62%)  Dark Gray
#949aa8  rgb(148, 154, 168)  hsl(222, 10%, 62%)  Cool Gray
#94a8a2  rgb(148, 168, 162)  hsl(162, 10%, 62%)  Ash Gray
#a294a8  rgb(162, 148, 168)  hsl(282, 10%, 62%)  Rose Quartz