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#AAA55C

#aaa55c ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aaa55c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 64.71% green and 36.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.94% magenta, 45.88% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 56.15°, with 31.45% saturation and 51.37% 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 8.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 5.18.

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Relative luminance0.3623

Complementary

  1. #aaa55c
  2. #5c61aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa55c
  2. #5c88aa
  3. #7e5caa

Analogous

  1. #aa7e5c
  2. #aaa55c
  3. #88aa5c

Triadic

  1. #aaa55c
  2. #5caaa5
  3. #a55caa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa55c
  2. #61aa5c
  3. #5c61aa
  4. #a55caa

Square

  1. #aaa55c
  2. #5caa7e
  3. #5c61aa
  4. #aa5c88

Monochromatic

  1. #484525
  2. #7a7640
  3. #aaa55c
  4. #c4c18e
  5. #deddc1

Shades

#aaa55c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa55c
  2. #999553
  3. #88844a
  4. #777440
  5. #666337
  6. #55532e
  7. #444225
  8. #33321c
  9. #222112
  10. #111109
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa55c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa55c
  2. #b3ae6c
  3. #bbb77d
  4. #c4c08d
  5. #ccc99d
  6. #d5d2ae
  7. #dddbbe
  8. #e6e4ce
  9. #eeedde
  10. #f7f6ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa55c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa55c
  2. #a6a160
  3. #a29e63
  4. #9d9a67
  5. #99966a
  6. #95936e
  7. #918f72
  8. #8d8b75
  9. #888779
  10. #84847c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5a38b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b0a056 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2a45f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b49c94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aea258 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afa45e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b0a081 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa55c {
  color: #aaa55c;
}
Background
.bg-aaa55c {
  background-color: #aaa55c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa55c {
  border: 2px solid #aaa55c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa55c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 165 92;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 31% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa55c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa55c, #88aa5c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa55c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 165 92 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.18 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.29 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.63 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 7.76 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 8.13 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 8.26 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 10.44 #555aa3 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#aaa55c  rgb(170, 165, 92)  hsl(56, 31%, 51%)  Dark Khaki
#5c61aa  rgb(92, 97, 170)  hsl(236, 31%, 51%)  Slate Blue
#5caaa5  rgb(92, 170, 165)  hsl(176, 31%, 51%)  Verdigris
#a55caa  rgb(165, 92, 170)  hsl(296, 31%, 51%)  Purpureus