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#AAAE69

#aaae69 ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aaae69 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 41.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.3% cyan, 0% magenta, 39.66% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 63.48°, with 29.87% saturation and 54.71% 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 8.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 4.44.

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Web safe#999966
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Relative luminance0.3984

Complementary

  1. #aaae69
  2. #6d69ae

Split complementary

  1. #aaae69
  2. #6988ae
  3. #9069ae

Analogous

  1. #ae9069
  2. #aaae69
  3. #88ae69

Triadic

  1. #aaae69
  2. #69aaae
  3. #ae69aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaae69
  2. #69ae6d
  3. #6d69ae
  4. #ae69aa

Square

  1. #aaae69
  2. #69ae90
  3. #6d69ae
  4. #ae6988

Monochromatic

  1. #50522c
  2. #808447
  3. #aaae69
  4. #c6c99b
  5. #e2e4cc

Shades

#aaae69 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaae69
  2. #999d5f
  3. #888b54
  4. #777a4a
  5. #66683f
  6. #555735
  7. #44462a
  8. #333420
  9. #222315
  10. #11110b
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaae69 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaae69
  2. #b3b678
  3. #bbbe87
  4. #c4c696
  5. #cccea5
  6. #d5d7b4
  7. #dddfc3
  8. #e6e7d2
  9. #eeefe1
  10. #f7f7f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaae69 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaae69
  2. #a6a96b
  3. #a2a56e
  4. #9da070
  5. #999c72
  6. #959775
  7. #919277
  8. #8d8e79
  9. #88897b
  10. #84857e
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaab94 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8a864 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8aa6c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b2a69d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2ab66 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3ac6b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #afa98b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaae69 {
  color: #aaae69;
}
Background
.bg-aaae69 {
  background-color: #aaae69;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaae69 {
  border: 2px solid #aaae69;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaae69;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 174 105;
  --color-primary-hsl: 63 30% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaae69 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaae69, #88ae69);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaae69 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 174 105 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 4.44 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 6.60 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 7.04 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 7.75 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.99 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 8.00 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.01 #555196 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#aaae69  rgb(170, 174, 105)  hsl(63, 30%, 55%)  Dark Khaki
#6d69ae  rgb(109, 105, 174)  hsl(243, 30%, 55%)  Slate Blue
#69aaae  rgb(105, 170, 174)  hsl(183, 30%, 55%)  Cadet Blue
#ae69aa  rgb(174, 105, 170)  hsl(303, 30%, 55%)  Sky Magenta