#aba299

Color #aba299

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.43 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#aba299

RGB

rgb(171, 162, 153)

HSL

hsl(30, 9.7%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(30, 10.5%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 10.5%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(67.13, 1.66, 5.84)

LCH

lch(67.13, 6.07, 74.13)

OKLCH

oklch(71.7%, 0.0165, 67.62)

HWB

hwb(30, 60%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99a2ab

Analogous

#ab9999

#aba299

#abab99

Triadic

#aba299

#99aba2

#a299ab

Split-complementary

#aba299

#99abab

#9999ab

Tetradic

#aba299

#a2ab99

#99a2ab

#a299ab

Square

#aba299

#99ab99

#99a2ab

#ab99ab

Shades

Color #aba299 mixed toward black.

#93877b

#766c61

#595149

#3b3631

#1e1b18

Tints

Color #aba299 mixed toward white.

#b9b1aa

#c7c1bb

#d5d0cc

#e3e0dd

#f1efee

Tones

Color #aba299 mixed toward gray.

#a9a29a

#a8a29c

#a6a29d

#a5a29f

#a3a2a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a79b · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#a8a89c · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#ab9d9d · ΔE 6.1

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 5.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aba299;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aba299]

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Frequently asked questions

#aba299 (#aba299) is rgb(171, 162, 153) in RGB.

No, #aba299 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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