#a98c5b

Color #a98c5b

A muted medium orange.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 16.22 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 13.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a98c5b

RGB

rgb(169, 140, 91)

HSL

hsl(37.7, 31.2%, 51%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.7, 46.2%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 46.2%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(59.84, 4.32, 30.22)

LCH

lch(59.84, 30.53, 81.86)

OKLCH

oklch(65.5%, 0.0748, 80)

HWB

hwb(37.7, 35.7%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5b78a9

Analogous

#a9655b

#a98c5b

#9fa95b

Triadic

#a98c5b

#5ba98c

#8c5ba9

Split-complementary

#a98c5b

#5b9fa9

#655ba9

Tetradic

#a98c5b

#78a95b

#5b78a9

#8c5ba9

Square

#a98c5b

#5ba965

#5b78a9

#a95b9f

Shades

Color #a98c5b mixed toward black.

#8e754b

#725e3c

#55462d

#392f1e

#1c170f

Tints

Color #a98c5b mixed toward white.

#b79f76

#c6b292

#d4c6ad

#e2d9c8

#f1ece4

Tones

Color #a98c5b mixed toward gray.

#a38a62

#9c8968

#96876f

#8f8575

#89847c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9d6a · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#9fa16d · ΔE 12.1

Tritanopia

#a87375 · ΔE 23.6

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 18.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a98c5b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a98c5b]

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Frequently asked questions

#a98c5b (#a98c5b) is rgb(169, 140, 91) in RGB.

No, #a98c5b 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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