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#AAA596

#aaa596 ≈ Dark Gray

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#aaa596 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 58.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.94% magenta, 11.76% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 45°, with 10.53% saturation and 62.75% 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 7.24.

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Relative luminance0.3766

Complementary

  1. #aaa596
  2. #969baa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa596
  2. #96a5aa
  3. #9b96aa

Analogous

  1. #aa9b96
  2. #aaa596
  3. #a5aa96

Triadic

  1. #aaa596
  2. #96aaa5
  3. #a596aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa596
  2. #9baa96
  3. #969baa
  4. #a596aa

Square

  1. #aaa596
  2. #96aa9b
  3. #969baa
  4. #aa96a5

Monochromatic

  1. #5c584b
  2. #87806d
  3. #aaa596
  4. #ccc9c0
  5. #eeedeb

Shades

#aaa596 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa596
  2. #999587
  3. #888478
  4. #777469
  5. #66635a
  6. #55534b
  7. #44423c
  8. #33322d
  9. #22211e
  10. #11110f
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa596 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa596
  2. #b3aea1
  3. #bbb7ab
  4. #c4c0b6
  5. #ccc9c0
  6. #d5d2cb
  7. #dddbd5
  8. #e6e4e0
  9. #eeedea
  10. #f7f6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa596 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa596
  2. #a6a194
  3. #a29e92
  4. #9d9a8f
  5. #99968d
  6. #95938b
  7. #918f89
  8. #8d8b87
  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 #a9a495 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aaa696 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aea2a1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9a595 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aaa596 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aca39d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa596 {
  color: #aaa596;
}
Background
.bg-aaa596 {
  background-color: #aaa596;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa596 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa596;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa596;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 165 150;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 11% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa596 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa596, #a5aa96);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa596 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 165 150 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 7.24 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 7.24 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 9.91 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 10.32 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 10.96 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 11.32 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 12.24 #555a69 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#aaa596  rgb(170, 165, 150)  hsl(45, 11%, 63%)  Dark Gray
#969baa  rgb(150, 155, 170)  hsl(225, 11%, 63%)  Cool Gray
#96aaa5  rgb(150, 170, 165)  hsl(165, 11%, 63%)  Ash Gray
#a596aa  rgb(165, 150, 170)  hsl(285, 11%, 63%)  Rose Quartz