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#ACA38C

#aca38c ≈ Ecru

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#aca38c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 63.92% green and 54.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.23% magenta, 18.6% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 43.12°, with 16.16% saturation and 61.18% 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 8.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Ecru (#c2b280), ΔE 8.77.

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Relative luminance0.3686

Complementary

  1. #aca38c
  2. #8c95ac

Split complementary

  1. #aca38c
  2. #8ca5ac
  3. #938cac

Analogous

  1. #ac938c
  2. #aca38c
  3. #a5ac8c

Triadic

  1. #aca38c
  2. #8caca3
  3. #a38cac

Tetradic

  1. #aca38c
  2. #95ac8c
  3. #8c95ac
  4. #a38cac

Square

  1. #aca38c
  2. #8cac93
  3. #8c95ac
  4. #ac8ca5

Monochromatic

  1. #5c5543
  2. #897e63
  3. #aca38c
  4. #ccc7b8
  5. #eceae5

Shades

#aca38c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aca38c
  2. #9b937e
  3. #8a8270
  4. #787262
  5. #676254
  6. #565246
  7. #454138
  8. #34312a
  9. #22211c
  10. #11100e
  11. #000000

Tints

#aca38c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aca38c
  2. #b4ac98
  3. #bdb5a3
  4. #c5bfaf
  5. #cdc8ba
  6. #d6d1c6
  7. #dedad1
  8. #e6e3dd
  9. #eeede8
  10. #f7f6f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aca38c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aca38c
  2. #a8a08b
  3. #a39c8a
  4. #9f9988
  5. #9a9587
  6. #969286
  7. #928e85
  8. #8d8b84
  9. #898782
  10. #848481
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7a39b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9a28b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aba58d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b29f9d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aaa28b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aba48c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #afa196 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aca38c {
  color: #aca38c;
}
Background
.bg-aca38c {
  background-color: #aca38c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aca38c {
  border: 2px solid #aca38c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aca38c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 163 140;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 16% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aca38c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aca38c, #a5ac8c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aca38c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 163 140 / 0.35);
}

#c2b280 Ecru ΔE 8.77 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 9.19 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 10.21 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 10.29 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 10.29 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 11.41 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 12.22 #535c73 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Ecru
#aca38c  rgb(172, 163, 140)  hsl(43, 16%, 61%)  Ecru
#8c95ac  rgb(140, 149, 172)  hsl(223, 16%, 61%)  Cool Gray
#8caca3  rgb(140, 172, 163)  hsl(163, 16%, 61%)  Opal
#a38cac  rgb(163, 140, 172)  hsl(283, 16%, 61%)  Pastel Purple