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#AEA593

#aea593 ≈ Dark Gray

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#aea593 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 64.71% green and 57.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.17% magenta, 15.52% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 40°, with 14.29% saturation and 62.94% 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 8.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 8.55.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3802

Complementary

  1. #aea593
  2. #939cae

Split complementary

  1. #aea593
  2. #93a9ae
  3. #9793ae

Analogous

  1. #ae9793
  2. #aea593
  3. #a9ae93

Triadic

  1. #aea593
  2. #93aea5
  3. #a593ae

Tetradic

  1. #aea593
  2. #9cae93
  3. #939cae
  4. #a593ae

Square

  1. #aea593
  2. #93ae97
  3. #939cae
  4. #ae93a9

Monochromatic

  1. #605848
  2. #8c8069
  3. #aea593
  4. #cfc9bf
  5. #f0eeea

Shades

#aea593 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aea593
  2. #9d9584
  3. #8b8476
  4. #7a7467
  5. #686358
  6. #57534a
  7. #46423b
  8. #34322c
  9. #23211d
  10. #11110f
  11. #000000

Tints

#aea593 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aea593
  2. #b6ae9e
  3. #beb7a9
  4. #c6c0b3
  5. #cec9be
  6. #d7d2c9
  7. #dfdbd4
  8. #e7e4df
  9. #efede9
  10. #f7f6f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aea593 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aea593
  2. #a9a191
  3. #a59e8f
  4. #a09a8d
  5. #9c968b
  6. #97938a
  7. #928f88
  8. #8e8b86
  9. #898784
  10. #858482
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9a59f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aaa492 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aca793 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b3a2a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aba592 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ada693 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1a39b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aea593 {
  color: #aea593;
}
Background
.bg-aea593 {
  background-color: #aea593;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aea593 {
  border: 2px solid #aea593;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aea593;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 165 147;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 14% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aea593 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aea593, #a9ae93);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aea593 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 165 147 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.55 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.55 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 10.09 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 10.40 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 10.52 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 11.16 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 11.47 #515a6c Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#aea593  rgb(174, 165, 147)  hsl(40, 14%, 63%)  Dark Gray
#939cae  rgb(147, 156, 174)  hsl(220, 14%, 63%)  Cool Gray
#93aea5  rgb(147, 174, 165)  hsl(160, 14%, 63%)  Opal
#a593ae  rgb(165, 147, 174)  hsl(280, 14%, 63%)  Rose Quartz