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Description and conversion results of color #a8a69e

It is a bright grayish yellow color having an approximate luminance of 68%. It has a hue value of 48° indicating that this is a warm color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Quick Silver, Silver Chalice, Spanish Gray, Silver (Metallic), Grullo, Gray (X11 Gray), Silver, Ash Gray, Silver Sand and Pale Silver. A bit below you will find the most similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors too.

Conversion results

The following list contains the conversion results of color #a8a69e to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (168, 166, 158) #a8a69e hsl (48, 5.4%, 63.9%) hsv (48, 6%, 65.9%) lab (68.1, -0.8, 4.4) xyz (36, 38.1, 37.8)

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Similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors

In real life paints might have a different shade compared to as they appear on your display. You shall always consult and double-check colors with a professional paint provider before you order.

The following table contains the nearest matching standard colors.

The left side contains the reference color, while the right side shows the matched color. For each item there is a link to our partner MyPerfectColor.com, where you can buy corresponding paints.

   Pantone 401 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 9084 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 16-4402 TPGBUY PAINT >>
   RAL 850-3BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 120-MBUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 100 70 05BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 7017BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 7066BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 7650BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #a8a69e respectively. The process results a harmonic color scale.

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Tints

These are the color variants which are generated by adding white color to the base color. This process results a scale from a bright grayish yellow color to white. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.


This color scale contains similar colors to Gray (X11 Gray), Silver, Silver Sand, Silver (Crayola), Timberwolf, Light Gray, Gainsboro, Platinum, Cultured, Isabelline and Baby Powder.


Shades

These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base color. This process results a scale from a bright grayish yellow color to black. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.


This color scale contains similar colors to Nickel, Sonic Silver, Gray (Web), Battleship Grey, Davy's Grey, Granite Gray, Dim Gray, Ebony, Jet, Onyx, Black Olive, Outer Space (Crayola), Eerie Black, Raisin Black, Smoky Black and Black Chocolate.


Tones

These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base color. This process results a scale from a bright grayish yellow color to gray. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.


This color scale contains similar colors to Quick Silver, Silver Chalice, Spanish Gray and Silver (Metallic).

Color schemes and palettes

Color schemes represent a set of colors creating a harmonic and aesthetic feeling. Color schemes are generated by choosing colors around the color wheel.

We can talk about monochromatic, complementary, triadic and tetradic color schemes, choosing one, two, three or four colors around the color wheel respectively.

In the following tables these color schemes are present.


Monochromatic

The monochromatic scale is generated by choosing colors on the color wheel near to the base color. As the colors of the monochromatic scale are close to each other, they create a harmonic feeling.




This color scale contains warm and cold colors. There are variants of orange, yellow, green and gray colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Dark Lava, Taupe, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Black Olive, Davy's Grey and Rifle Green.


Complementary

The complementary scale is generated by choosing the color on the opposite side on the color wheel relative to the base color. This results in slight vibrating tension between the complementary colors.


This color scale contains warm and cold colors. There are variants of gray and blue colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Nickel, Sonic Silver, Dark Liver, Charcoal, Silver (Metallic) and Silver Chalice.


Triadic

The triadic scale is generated by choosing two colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combines the slight vibrating tension and the harmonic feeling between the triadic colors.



This color scale contains warm and cold colors. There are variants of gray, rose and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Nickel, Sonic Silver, Dark Liver, Black Coffee, Black Shadows, Silver (Metallic), Charcoal, Outer Space (Crayola), Silver Chalice and Quick Silver.


Tetradic

The tetradic scale is generated by choosing three colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combination covers the whole color wheel containing both the complementary and harmonic colors of the base color.




This color scale contains warm and cold colors. There are variants of gray, cyan, blue and red colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Nickel, Sonic Silver, Outer Space (Crayola), Black Olive, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Dark Liver, Charcoal, Silver (Metallic), Black Coffee and Black Shadows.

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