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#AEA994

#aea994 ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#aea994 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 66.27% green and 58.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.87% magenta, 14.94% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 48.46°, with 13.83% saturation and 63.14% 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 8.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 8.41.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3951

Complementary

  1. #aea994
  2. #9499ae

Split complementary

  1. #aea994
  2. #94a6ae
  3. #9c94ae

Analogous

  1. #ae9c94
  2. #aea994
  3. #a6ae94

Triadic

  1. #aea994
  2. #94aea9
  3. #a994ae

Tetradic

  1. #aea994
  2. #99ae94
  3. #9499ae
  4. #a994ae

Square

  1. #aea994
  2. #94ae9c
  3. #9499ae
  4. #ae94a6

Monochromatic

  1. #605c49
  2. #8c856a
  3. #aea994
  4. #cfccc0
  5. #f0efeb

Shades

#aea994 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aea994
  2. #9d9885
  3. #8b8776
  4. #7a7668
  5. #686559
  6. #57554a
  7. #46443b
  8. #34332c
  9. #23221e
  10. #11110f
  11. #000000

Tints

#aea994 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aea994
  2. #b6b29f
  3. #bebaa9
  4. #c6c3b4
  5. #cecbbf
  6. #d7d4ca
  7. #dfddd4
  8. #e7e5df
  9. #efeeea
  10. #f7f6f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aea994 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aea994
  2. #a9a592
  3. #a5a190
  4. #a09d8e
  5. #9c998c
  6. #97958a
  7. #929088
  8. #8e8c86
  9. #898884
  10. #858482
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aba9a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aea893 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afaa95 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b3a6a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aea893 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afa994 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1a79d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aea994 {
  color: #aea994;
}
Background
.bg-aea994 {
  background-color: #aea994;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aea994 {
  border: 2px solid #aea994;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aea994;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 169 148;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 14% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aea994 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aea994, #a6ae94);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aea994 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 169 148 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 8.41 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 9.14 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.34 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 9.34 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 9.82 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 11.14 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 11.31 #51566b Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Sage
#aea994  rgb(174, 169, 148)  hsl(48, 14%, 63%)  Sage
#9499ae  rgb(148, 153, 174)  hsl(228, 14%, 63%)  Cool Gray
#94aea9  rgb(148, 174, 169)  hsl(168, 14%, 63%)  Opal
#a994ae  rgb(169, 148, 174)  hsl(288, 14%, 63%)  Pastel Purple