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#ACAC6C

#acac6c ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#acac6c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 67.45% green and 42.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 37.21% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 60°, with 27.83% saturation and 54.9% 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 4.39.

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Relative luminance0.3936

Complementary

  1. #acac6c
  2. #6c6cac

Split complementary

  1. #acac6c
  2. #6c8cac
  3. #8c6cac

Analogous

  1. #ac8c6c
  2. #acac6c
  3. #8cac6c

Triadic

  1. #acac6c
  2. #6cacac
  3. #ac6cac

Tetradic

  1. #acac6c
  2. #6cac6c
  3. #6c6cac
  4. #ac6cac

Square

  1. #acac6c
  2. #6cac8c
  3. #6c6cac
  4. #ac6c8c

Monochromatic

  1. #51512e
  2. #828249
  3. #acac6c
  4. #c8c89d
  5. #e3e3ce

Shades

#acac6c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #acac6c
  2. #9b9b61
  3. #8a8a56
  4. #78784c
  5. #676741
  6. #565636
  7. #45452b
  8. #343420
  9. #222216
  10. #11110b
  11. #000000

Tints

#acac6c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #acac6c
  2. #b4b47b
  3. #bdbd89
  4. #c5c598
  5. #cdcda7
  6. #d6d6b6
  7. #dedec4
  8. #e6e6d3
  9. #eeeee2
  10. #f7f7f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#acac6c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #acac6c
  2. #a8a86e
  3. #a3a370
  4. #9f9f72
  5. #9a9a74
  6. #969676
  7. #929278
  8. #8d8d7a
  9. #89897c
  10. #84847e
  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 #aaaa94 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6a767 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7aa6f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b5a59c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2a969 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3ab6e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1a88b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-acac6c {
  color: #acac6c;
}
Background
.bg-acac6c {
  background-color: #acac6c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-acac6c {
  border: 2px solid #acac6c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #acac6c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 172 108;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 28% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-acac6c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #acac6c, #8cac6c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-acac6c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 172 108 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 4.39 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 5.78 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.81 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.68 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.79 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 7.99 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 8.15 #535393 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#acac6c  rgb(172, 172, 108)  hsl(60, 28%, 55%)  Dark Khaki
#6c6cac  rgb(108, 108, 172)  hsl(240, 28%, 55%)  Slate Blue
#6cacac  rgb(108, 172, 172)  hsl(180, 28%, 55%)  Cadet Blue
#ac6cac  rgb(172, 108, 172)  hsl(300, 28%, 55%)  Purple Mountain Majesty