What is hex #AAC269 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, 76% green and 41% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (170,194,105).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (12%, 0%, 46%, 24%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #AAC269 features a hue of 76°, 46% saturation, and a brightness value of 76%.

Hex #AAC269 Color Codes & Equivalents

Hex Code #AAC269
RGB Values (170,194,105)
CMYK Values (12%, 0%, 46%, 24%)
HSV/HSB Values (76°, 46%, 76%)
Closest Web Safe
#99CC66
Inverse Color
#553D96
Closest Pantone®
577 C
Closest RAL
RAL 1002 [Sand yellow]
Complementary Color
#8169C2

#AAC269 Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#9C9C9C
Lightness (Desaturation)
#959595
Weighted (BT601)
#B1B1B1
Luma (BT709)
#B6B6B6

WCAG 2.1 Color Contrast & Accessibility

Check how #AAC269 complies with web accessibility standards (WCAG AA & AAA) for typography.

White Text on #AAC269

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #AAC269.

Contrast Ratio: 1.98:1
AA Fail AAA Fail

Black Text on #AAC269

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #AAC269.

Contrast Ratio: 10.63:1
AA Pass AAA Pass

Hex #AAC269 Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #AAC269 is #8169C2. 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 #AAC269 you will find #8169C2. 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.

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #AAC269 is composed with colors #C2AD69 and #7DC269. 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 #AAC269 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.

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #AAC269 is composed with colors #AD69C2 and #697DC2. 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.

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #AAC269 is composed with colors #C269AA and #69AAC2. They are located to the right and left of your main color #AAC269 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.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #AAC269 is composed with colors #69AAC2, #8169C2 and #C28169 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.

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #AAC269 is composed with colors #69C2AD, #8169C2 and #C2697D 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.

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #AAC269

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #AAC269.

Tones

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

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

Hex #AAC269 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 #AAC269
Java new Color(170,194,105);
Python Color(#AAC269)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 170,194,105);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.67, green: 0.76, blue: 0.41, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(170, 194, 105)