#ada89f

Color #ada89f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.29 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ada89f

RGB

rgb(173, 168, 159)

HSL

hsl(38.6, 7.9%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(38.6, 8.1%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 8.1%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(69.04, 0.17, 5.28)

LCH

lch(69.04, 5.28, 88.16)

OKLCH

oklch(73.3%, 0.014, 82.22)

HWB

hwb(38.6, 62.4%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9fa4ad

Analogous

#ada19f

#ada89f

#abad9f

Triadic

#ada89f

#9fada8

#a89fad

Split-complementary

#ada89f

#9fabad

#a19fad

Tetradic

#ada89f

#a4ad9f

#9fa4ad

#a89fad

Square

#ada89f

#9fada1

#9fa4ad

#ad9fab

Shades

Color #ada89f mixed toward black.

#948d81

#777166

#5a554c

#3c3933

#1e1c19

Tints

Color #ada89f mixed toward white.

#bbb7af

#c8c5bf

#d6d4cf

#e4e2df

#f1f1ef

Tones

Color #ada89f mixed toward gray.

#aca8a0

#aba7a1

#aaa7a2

#a8a7a4

#a7a6a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababa1 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#abaca2 · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#ada3a3 · ΔE 6.3

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 4.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ada89f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ada89f]

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Frequently asked questions

#ada89f (#ada89f) is rgb(173, 168, 159) in RGB.

No, #ada89f 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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