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Description and conversion results of color #aca238

It is a pastel yellow color having an approximate luminance of 66%. It has a hue value of 55° indicating that this is a warm color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Citron, Olive Green, Vegas Gold, Dark Khaki, Old Gold, Metallic Gold, Gold (metallic), Misty Moss, Satin Sheen Gold and Acid Green. 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 #aca238 to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (172, 162, 56) #aca238 hsl (54.8, 50.9%, 44.7%) hsv (54.8, 67.4%, 67.5%) lab (65.7, -9.2, 54.1) xyz (30.6, 34.9, 8.9)

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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 10115 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 10116 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 10109 CBUY PAINT >>
   RAL 250-4BUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 100 60 50BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 250-5BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6705BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6711BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6704BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #aca238 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 pastel 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 Dark Khaki, Vegas Gold, Olive Green, Misty Moss, Sage, Ecru, Sand, Dutch White, Lemon Meringue, Spring Green (Crayola), Pale Spring Bud, Eggshell, Cosmic Latte, Old Lace and Alabaster.


Shades

These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base color. This process results a scale from a pastel 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 Spanish Bistre, Olive, Gold Fusion, Antique Bronze, Army Green, Field Drab, Dark Moss Green, Olive Drab 7, Pine Tree, Rifle Green, Kombu Green, Black Chocolate, Smoky Black and Eerie Black.


Tones

These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base color. This process results a scale from a pastel 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 Olive Green, Dark Khaki, Vegas Gold, Misty Moss, Sand, Ecru, Sage, Artichoke, Grullo, Spanish Gray, Quick Silver and Silver Chalice.

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 and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Sepia, Pullman Brown (UPS Brown), Indian Yellow, Sandy Brown, Army Green, Antique Bronze, Vegas Gold, Olive Green, Lincoln Green, Dark Green (X11), Bud Green and Mantis.


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 yellow and azure colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Olive, Spanish Bistre, USAFA Blue, Indigo Dye, French Sky Blue and Little Boy Blue.


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 yellow, rose and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Olive, Spanish Bistre, Byzantium, Midnight, Persian Pink, Rose Pink, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Dark Slate Gray, Pacific Blue and Maximum Blue.


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 yellow, cyan, azure, rose and red colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Olive, Spanish Bistre, Deep Jungle Green, Warm Black, Tiffany Blue, Maximum Blue Green, USAFA Blue, Indigo Dye, French Sky Blue, Little Boy Blue, Claret, Big Dip O’ruby, Salmon Pink and Pink Sherbet.

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