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#ACAA81

#acaa81 ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#acaa81 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 66.67% green and 50.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.16% magenta, 25% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 57.21°, with 20.57% saturation and 59.02% 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 8.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 4.19.

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Relative luminance0.3911

Complementary

  1. #acaa81
  2. #8183ac

Split complementary

  1. #acaa81
  2. #8199ac
  3. #9581ac

Analogous

  1. #ac9581
  2. #acaa81
  3. #99ac81

Triadic

  1. #acaa81
  2. #81acaa
  3. #aa81ac

Tetradic

  1. #acaa81
  2. #83ac81
  3. #8183ac
  4. #aa81ac

Square

  1. #acaa81
  2. #81ac95
  3. #8183ac
  4. #ac8199

Monochromatic

  1. #59583b
  2. #878559
  3. #acaa81
  4. #cac9af
  5. #e9e8dd

Shades

#acaa81 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #acaa81
  2. #9b9974
  3. #8a8867
  4. #78775a
  5. #67664d
  6. #565541
  7. #454434
  8. #343327
  9. #22221a
  10. #11110d
  11. #000000

Tints

#acaa81 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #acaa81
  2. #b4b38e
  3. #bdbb9a
  4. #c5c4a7
  5. #cdccb3
  6. #d6d5c0
  7. #deddcd
  8. #e6e6d9
  9. #eeeee6
  10. #f7f7f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#acaa81 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #acaa81
  2. #a8a681
  3. #a3a281
  4. #9f9d81
  5. #9a9981
  6. #969581
  7. #929180
  8. #8d8d80
  9. #898880
  10. #848480
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaa99a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b1a77e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2a982 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b2a59f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afa87f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0a982 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b0a794 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-acaa81 {
  color: #acaa81;
}
Background
.bg-acaa81 {
  background-color: #acaa81;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-acaa81 {
  border: 2px solid #acaa81;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #acaa81;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 170 129;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 21% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-acaa81 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #acaa81, #99ac81);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-acaa81 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 170 129 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 4.19 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.11 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.32 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 9.66 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 10.36 #87a96b Asparagus ΔE 10.74 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 11.26 #53557e Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Sage
#acaa81  rgb(172, 170, 129)  hsl(57, 21%, 59%)  Sage
#8183ac  rgb(129, 131, 172)  hsl(237, 21%, 59%)  Cool Gray
#81acaa  rgb(129, 172, 170)  hsl(177, 21%, 59%)  Cadet Blue
#aa81ac  rgb(170, 129, 172)  hsl(297, 21%, 59%)  Purple Mountain Majesty