#ac9a79

Color #ac9a79

A muted medium orange.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 12.12 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 10.3

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Conversions

HEX

#ac9a79

RGB

rgb(172, 154, 121)

HSL

hsl(38.8, 23.5%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(38.8, 29.7%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 29.7%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(64.37, 1.47, 19.78)

LCH

lch(64.37, 19.83, 85.75)

OKLCH

oklch(69.4%, 0.0505, 82.61)

HWB

hwb(38.8, 47.5%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#798bac

Analogous

#ac8179

#ac9a79

#a5ac79

Triadic

#ac9a79

#79ac9a

#9a79ac

Split-complementary

#ac9a79

#79a5ac

#8179ac

Tetradic

#ac9a79

#8bac79

#798bac

#9a79ac

Square

#ac9a79

#79ac81

#798bac

#ac79a5

Shades

Color #ac9a79 mixed toward black.

#97835d

#79684b

#5b4e38

#3c3425

#1e1a13

Tints

Color #ac9a79 mixed toward white.

#baab8f

#c8bca6

#d6cdbc

#e3ddd2

#f1eee9

Tones

Color #ac9a79 mixed toward gray.

#a8997d

#a49882

#9f9686

#9b958a

#97948e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a482 · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#a6a784 · ΔE 8.9

Tritanopia

#ab898a · ΔE 19

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 13.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ac9a79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ac9a79]

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Papaya Whip #ffefd5

Frequently asked questions

#ac9a79 (#ac9a79) is rgb(172, 154, 121) in RGB.

No, #ac9a79 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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