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#AEA388

#aea388 ≈ Ecru

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#aea388 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 63.92% green and 53.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.32% magenta, 21.84% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 42.63°, with 19% saturation and 60.78% 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 8.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Ecru (#c2b280), ΔE 7.58.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3697

Complementary

  1. #aea388
  2. #8893ae

Split complementary

  1. #aea388
  2. #88a6ae
  3. #9088ae

Analogous

  1. #ae9088
  2. #aea388
  3. #a6ae88

Triadic

  1. #aea388
  2. #88aea3
  3. #a388ae

Tetradic

  1. #aea388
  2. #93ae88
  3. #8893ae
  4. #a388ae

Square

  1. #aea388
  2. #88ae90
  3. #8893ae
  4. #ae88a6

Monochromatic

  1. #5d5540
  2. #8b7e5f
  3. #aea388
  4. #cdc6b6
  5. #ece9e3

Shades

#aea388 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aea388
  2. #9d937a
  3. #8b826d
  4. #7a725f
  5. #686252
  6. #575244
  7. #464136
  8. #343129
  9. #23211b
  10. #11100e
  11. #000000

Tints

#aea388 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aea388
  2. #b6ac94
  3. #beb5a0
  4. #c6bfac
  5. #cec8b8
  6. #d7d1c4
  7. #dfdacf
  8. #e7e3db
  9. #efede7
  10. #f7f6f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aea388 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aea388
  2. #a9a087
  3. #a59c86
  4. #a09986
  5. #9c9585
  6. #979284
  7. #928e83
  8. #8e8b82
  9. #898782
  10. #858481
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a399 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aaa286 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aca589 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b59e9b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aba287 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ada488 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2a094 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aea388 {
  color: #aea388;
}
Background
.bg-aea388 {
  background-color: #aea388;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aea388 {
  border: 2px solid #aea388;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aea388;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 163 136;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 19% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aea388 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aea388, #a6ae88);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aea388 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 163 136 / 0.35);
}

#c2b280 Ecru ΔE 7.58 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 8.47 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 9.25 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 10.26 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 11.60 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 11.60 #deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 12.03 #515c77 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Ecru
#aea388  rgb(174, 163, 136)  hsl(43, 19%, 61%)  Ecru
#8893ae  rgb(136, 147, 174)  hsl(223, 19%, 61%)  Cool Gray
#88aea3  rgb(136, 174, 163)  hsl(163, 19%, 61%)  Opal
#a388ae  rgb(163, 136, 174)  hsl(283, 19%, 61%)  Purple Mountain Majesty