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#AAA595

#aaa595 ≈ Dark Gray

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#aaa595 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 64.71% green and 58.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.94% magenta, 12.35% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 45.71°, with 10.99% saturation and 62.55% 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 8.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 7.62.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3763

Complementary

  1. #aaa595
  2. #959aaa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa595
  2. #95a5aa
  3. #9b95aa

Analogous

  1. #aa9b95
  2. #aaa595
  3. #a5aa95

Triadic

  1. #aaa595
  2. #95aaa5
  3. #a595aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa595
  2. #9aaa95
  3. #959aaa
  4. #a595aa

Square

  1. #aaa595
  2. #95aa9b
  3. #959aaa
  4. #aa95a5

Monochromatic

  1. #5c584a
  2. #87806c
  3. #aaa595
  4. #ccc9bf
  5. #eeedea

Shades

#aaa595 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa595
  2. #999586
  3. #888477
  4. #777468
  5. #666359
  6. #55534b
  7. #44423c
  8. #33322d
  9. #22211e
  10. #11110f
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa595 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa595
  2. #b3aea0
  3. #bbb7aa
  4. #c4c0b5
  5. #ccc9bf
  6. #d5d2ca
  7. #dddbd5
  8. #e6e4df
  9. #eeedea
  10. #f7f6f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa595 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa595
  2. #a6a193
  3. #a29e91
  4. #9d9a8f
  5. #99968d
  6. #95938b
  7. #918f88
  8. #8d8b86
  9. #888784
  10. #848482
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7a59f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9a494 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aaa695 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aea2a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9a494 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aaa595 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aca39c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa595 {
  color: #aaa595;
}
Background
.bg-aaa595 {
  background-color: #aaa595;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa595 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa595;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa595;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 165 149;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 11% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa595 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa595, #a5aa95);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa595 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 165 149 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 7.62 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 7.62 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 9.97 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 10.60 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 10.60 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 11.00 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 12.12 #555a6a Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#aaa595  rgb(170, 165, 149)  hsl(46, 11%, 63%)  Dark Gray
#959aaa  rgb(149, 154, 170)  hsl(226, 11%, 63%)  Cool Gray
#95aaa5  rgb(149, 170, 165)  hsl(166, 11%, 63%)  Opal
#a595aa  rgb(165, 149, 170)  hsl(286, 11%, 63%)  Rose Quartz