#a09a8e

Color #a09a8e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.93 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a09a8e

RGB

rgb(160, 154, 142)

HSL

hsl(40, 8.7%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(40, 11.2%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 11.2%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(63.79, 0.03, 7.08)

LCH

lch(63.79, 7.08, 89.76)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.0186, 84.44)

HWB

hwb(40, 55.7%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e94a0

Analogous

#a0918e

#a09a8e

#9da08e

Triadic

#a09a8e

#8ea09a

#9a8ea0

Split-complementary

#a09a8e

#8e9da0

#918ea0

Tetradic

#a09a8e

#94a08e

#8e94a0

#9a8ea0

Square

#a09a8e

#8ea091

#8e94a0

#a08e9d

Shades

Color #a09a8e mixed toward black.

#898173

#6d685c

#524e45

#37342e

#1b1a17

Tints

Color #a09a8e mixed toward white.

#b0aba1

#c0bcb4

#d0ccc6

#dfddd9

#efeeec

Tones

Color #a09a8e mixed toward gray.

#9f998f

#9d9991

#9b9892

#9a9894

#989795

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9d91 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#9e9e92 · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#a09394 · ΔE 8.9

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 6.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a09a8e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a09a8e]

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Old Lace #fdf5e6

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Orange #ffa500

Moccasin #ffe4b5

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Frequently asked questions

#a09a8e (#a09a8e) is rgb(160, 154, 142) in RGB.

No, #a09a8e is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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