#a9957c

Color #a9957c

A muted medium orange.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 14.91 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a9957c

RGB

rgb(169, 149, 124)

HSL

hsl(33.3, 20.7%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(33.3, 26.6%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 26.6%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(62.83, 3.44, 15.94)

LCH

lch(62.83, 16.31, 77.82)

OKLCH

oklch(68.1%, 0.0426, 73.22)

HWB

hwb(33.3, 48.6%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7c90a9

Analogous

#a97f7c

#a9957c

#a7a97c

Triadic

#a9957c

#7ca995

#957ca9

Split-complementary

#a9957c

#7ca7a9

#7f7ca9

Tetradic

#a9957c

#90a97c

#7c90a9

#957ca9

Square

#a9957c

#7ca97f

#7c90a9

#a97ca7

Shades

Color #a9957c mixed toward black.

#937d61

#76644e

#584b3a

#3b3227

#1d1913

Tints

Color #a9957c mixed toward white.

#b7a792

#c6b8a8

#d4cabe

#e2dcd3

#f1ede9

Tones

Color #a9957c mixed toward gray.

#a59580

#a29484

#9e9487

#9a938b

#96938f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a183 · ΔE 10.5

Deuteranopia

#a2a384 · ΔE 11.2

Tritanopia

#a88889 · ΔE 14.9

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 12.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a9957c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9957c]

Related colors

Dark Orange #ff8c00

Burlywood #deb887

Bisque #ffe4c4

Antique White #faebd7

Tan #d2b48c

Navajo White #ffdead

Frequently asked questions

#a9957c (#a9957c) is rgb(169, 149, 124) in RGB.

No, #a9957c 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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