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#AAA183

Khaki · light warm yellow

About #AAA183

With the hex code #AAA183, this is a light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 67% red, 63% green and 51% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 23% yellow and 33% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Khaki — a ΔE of 7.6 — followed by Mushroom. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #838CAA, a slate gray shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 8.13:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red170
Green161
Blue131

Closest named colours

Khaki
#C3B091 · ΔE 7.6
Mushroom
#A39B90 · ΔE 10.5
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 11.4

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #AAA183

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on khaki #AAA183.
2.58:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on khaki #AAA183.
8.13:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #AAA183 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#AAA183
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A89F81
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#AAA284
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B09C99

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #AAA183?

With the hex code #AAA183, this is a light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 67% red, 63% green and 51% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 23% yellow and 33% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #AAA183?

Use black text. Black on #AAA183 has a contrast ratio of 8.13:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #AAA183?

Its complementary colour is #838CAA, and analogous partners are #AA8E83 and #9FAA83.