What is hex #AAAE7C color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a balanced and versatile hue. It is ideal for creating smooth color harmony, digital artwork, or minimalist web components.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 67% red, 68% green and 49% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (170,174,124).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (2%, 0%, 29%, 32%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #AAAE7C features a hue of 65°, 29% saturation, and a brightness value of 68%.

Hex #AAAE7C Color Codes & Equivalents

Hex Code #AAAE7C
RGB Values (170,174,124)
CMYK Values (2%, 0%, 29%, 32%)
HSV/HSB Values (65°, 29%, 68%)
Closest Web Safe
#999966
Inverse Color
#555183
Closest Pantone®
452 C
Closest RAL
RAL 1019 [Grey beige]
Complementary Color
#807CAE

#AAAE7C Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#9C9C9C
Lightness (Desaturation)
#959595
Weighted (BT601)
#A7A7A7
Luma (BT709)
#AAAAAA

WCAG 2.1 Color Contrast & Accessibility

Check how #AAAE7C complies with web accessibility standards (WCAG AA & AAA) for typography.

White Text on #AAAE7C

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #AAAE7C.

Contrast Ratio: 2.32:1
AA Fail AAA Fail

Black Text on #AAAE7C

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #AAAE7C.

Contrast Ratio: 9.05:1
AA Pass AAA Pass

Hex #AAAE7C Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #AAAE7C is #807CAE. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #AAAE7C you will find #807CAE. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#AAAE7C #807CAE

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #AAAE7C is composed with colors #AE997C and #91AE7C. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #AAAE7C with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#AE997C #AAAE7C #91AE7C

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #AAAE7C is composed with colors #997CAE and #7C91AE. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#AAAE7C #997CAE #7C91AE

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #AAAE7C is composed with colors #AE7CAA and #7CAAAE. They are located to the right and left of your main color #AAAE7C with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#AAAE7C #AE7CAA #7CAAAE

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #AAAE7C is composed with colors #7CAAAE, #807CAE and #AE807C A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#AAAE7C #7CAAAE #807CAE #AE807C

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #AAAE7C is composed with colors #7CAE99, #807CAE and #AE7C91 To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette is similar to the tetradic palette, but provides an evenly balanced chromatic distribution with crisp visual contrast across all four points.

#AAAE7C #7CAE99 #807CAE #AE7C91

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #AAAE7C

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #AAAE7C.

#AAAE7C #B2B588 #BABD95 #C2C5A1 #CACDAE #D2D4BB #DBDCC7 #E3E4D4

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#AAAE7C #A1A386 #989990 #959595

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#AAAE7C #A1A66F #999E62 #8D925A #818552 #75794A #696C43 #5C5F3B

Hex #AAAE7C in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #AAAE7C
Java new Color(170,174,124);
Python Color(#AAAE7C)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 170,174,124);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.67, green: 0.68, blue: 0.49, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(170, 174, 124)