#a9a59b

Color #a9a59b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.88 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a9a59b

RGB

rgb(169, 165, 155)

HSL

hsl(42.9, 7.5%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(42.9, 8.3%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 8.3%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(67.81, -0.37, 5.69)

LCH

lch(67.81, 5.7, 93.72)

OKLCH

oklch(72.2%, 0.0149, 88.85)

HWB

hwb(42.9, 60.8%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b9fa9

Analogous

#a99e9b

#a9a59b

#a6a99b

Triadic

#a9a59b

#9ba9a5

#a59ba9

Split-complementary

#a9a59b

#9ba6a9

#9e9ba9

Tetradic

#a9a59b

#9fa99b

#9b9fa9

#a59ba9

Square

#a9a59b

#9ba99e

#9b9fa9

#a99ba6

Shades

Color #a9a59b mixed toward black.

#908b7e

#746f64

#57544b

#3a3832

#1d1c19

Tints

Color #a9a59b mixed toward white.

#b7b4ac

#c6c3bc

#d4d2cd

#e2e1de

#f1f0ee

Tones

Color #a9a59b mixed toward gray.

#a8a49c

#a7a49d

#a5a39e

#a4a3a0

#a3a2a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a79d · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#a8a89e · ΔE 2.2

Tritanopia

#a99fa0 · ΔE 7.6

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 5.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9a59b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9a59b]

Related colors

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Floral White #fffaf0

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Wheat #f5deb3

Orange #ffa500

Frequently asked questions

#a9a59b (#a9a59b) is rgb(169, 165, 155) in RGB.

No, #a9a59b 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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