#a9998f

Color #a9998f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.81 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a9998f

RGB

rgb(169, 153, 143)

HSL

hsl(23.1, 13.1%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(23.1, 15.4%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 15.4%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(64.32, 4.17, 7.39)

LCH

lch(64.32, 8.49, 60.57)

OKLCH

oklch(69.4%, 0.0238, 54.04)

HWB

hwb(23.1, 56.1%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8f9fa9

Analogous

#a98f92

#a9998f

#a9a68f

Triadic

#a9998f

#8fa999

#998fa9

Split-complementary

#a9998f

#8fa9a6

#8f92a9

Tetradic

#a9998f

#9fa98f

#8f9fa9

#998fa9

Square

#a9998f

#92a98f

#8f9fa9

#a68fa9

Shades

Color #a9998f mixed toward black.

#927e72

#76655a

#584c44

#3b322d

#1d1917

Tints

Color #a9998f mixed toward white.

#b7aaa2

#c6bbb4

#d4ccc7

#e2ddda

#f1eeec

Tones

Color #a9998f mixed toward gray.

#a79a91

#a59a93

#a39b96

#a09b98

#9e9c9a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a292 · ΔE 9.9

Deuteranopia

#a3a492 · ΔE 10.9

Tritanopia

#a89394 · ΔE 6.7

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 7.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a9998f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9998f]

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Sandy Brown #f4a460

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Frequently asked questions

#a9998f (#a9998f) is rgb(169, 153, 143) in RGB.

No, #a9998f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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