All About Color Gray Olive

#A9A491

Gray Olive is a muted and earthy gray color. It's a natural and organic color, perfect for creating a rustic and cozy space.

About Gray Olive

Gray Olive is a light yellow color with the hex code #A9A491. In RGB it is red 169, green 164, blue 145; in HSL it is hue 48°, saturation 12%, lightness 62%; in CMYK it is 0%, 3%, 14%, 34%. Its contrast ratio is 2.50:1 on white and 8.41:1 on black.

#A9A491 Color Conversion

Hex tripletA9, A4, 91
CMYK0.00%, 2.96%, 14.20%, 33.73%
RGB Decimal169, 164, 145
HSL48°, 12%, 62%
RGB Octal251, 244, 221
HSV (HSB)47.50°, 14.20%, 66.27%
RGB Binary10101001, 10100100, 10010001
CIE-L*AB67.30, -1.53, 10.50
RGB Percent66.27%, 64.31%, 56.86%
CIE-L*CH67.30, 10.61, 98.28
XYZ34.75, 37.03, 32.10
CIE-L*UV67.30, 4.05, 14.99
xyY0.33, 0.36, 37.03
Hunter-Lab60.85, -4.56, 11.32
RYB59.34%, 66.27%, 56.86%

Color Accessibility Scores

#A9A491 on a dark background: contrast 8.41:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#A9A491 on a light background: contrast 2.50:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Gray Olive, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Gray Olive. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#A9A491 · #D2D0C6 · #7E7863 · #9297AA · #C6C8D2

Analogous palette

#AA9297 · #AA9992 · #A9A491 · #A3AA92 · #97AA92

Triadic palette

#A9A491 · #92AAA5 · #A592AA · #D2D0C6 · #C6D2D0

Tetradic palette

#A9A491 · #92AA99 · #9297AA · #AA92A3 · #7E7863

Monochromatic palette

#5B5748 · #868069 · #A9A491 · #CBC9BD · #EDECE8

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