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#AAA387

Khaki · light warm yellow

About #AAA387

With the hex code #AAA387, this is a light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 67% red, 64% green and 53% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 21% 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 7.7 — followed by Mushroom. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #878EAA, a dusty blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 8.30:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red170
Green163
Blue135

Closest named colours

Khaki
#C3B091 · ΔE 7.7
Mushroom
#A39B90 · ΔE 9.6
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 10.1

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

Text on #AAA387

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on khaki #AAA387.
2.53:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on khaki #AAA387.
8.30:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #AAA387 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#AAA387
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A9A185
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ABA488
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B09F9B

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #AAA387?

With the hex code #AAA387, this is a light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 67% red, 64% green and 53% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 21% yellow and 33% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #AAA387?

Use black text. Black on #AAA387 has a contrast ratio of 8.30:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #AAA387?

Its complementary colour is #878EAA, and analogous partners are #AA9287 and #A0AA87.