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#AAAE4B

#aaae4b ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aaae4b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 68.24% green and 29.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.3% cyan, 0% magenta, 56.9% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 62.42°, with 39.76% saturation and 48.82% 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 8.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 5.44.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Relative luminance0.3933

Complementary

  1. #aaae4b
  2. #4f4bae

Split complementary

  1. #aaae4b
  2. #4b78ae
  3. #804bae

Analogous

  1. #ae804b
  2. #aaae4b
  3. #78ae4b

Triadic

  1. #aaae4b
  2. #4baaae
  3. #ae4baa

Tetradic

  1. #aaae4b
  2. #4bae4f
  3. #4f4bae
  4. #ae4baa

Square

  1. #aaae4b
  2. #4bae80
  3. #4f4bae
  4. #ae4b78

Monochromatic

  1. #42431d
  2. #767934
  3. #aaae4b
  4. #c4c77e
  5. #dddeb4

Shades

#aaae4b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaae4b
  2. #999d44
  3. #888b3c
  4. #777a35
  5. #66682d
  6. #555726
  7. #44461e
  8. #333417
  9. #22230f
  10. #111108
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaae4b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaae4b
  2. #b3b65d
  3. #bbbe6f
  4. #c4c681
  5. #ccce93
  6. #d5d7a5
  7. #dddfb7
  8. #e6e7c9
  9. #eeefdb
  10. #f7f7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaae4b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaae4b
  2. #a6a950
  3. #a2a556
  4. #9da05b
  5. #999c60
  6. #959766
  7. #91926b
  8. #8d8e70
  9. #888975
  10. #84857b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9ab8c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #baa741 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bbaa51 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b5a498 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b4aa45 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4ab4e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b0a881 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaae4b {
  color: #aaae4b;
}
Background
.bg-aaae4b {
  background-color: #aaae4b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaae4b {
  border: 2px solid #aaae4b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaae4b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 174 75;
  --color-primary-hsl: 62 40% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaae4b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaae4b, #78ae4b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaae4b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 174 75 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.44 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.57 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.78 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 8.58 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.54 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 9.60 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 9.91 #5551b4 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#aaae4b  rgb(170, 174, 75)  hsl(62, 40%, 49%)  Dark Khaki
#4f4bae  rgb(79, 75, 174)  hsl(242, 40%, 49%)  Ocean Blue
#4baaae  rgb(75, 170, 174)  hsl(182, 40%, 49%)  Verdigris
#ae4baa  rgb(174, 75, 170)  hsl(302, 40%, 49%)  Purpureus