#aea79b

Color #aea79b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.13 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#aea79b

RGB

rgb(174, 167, 155)

HSL

hsl(37.9, 10.5%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.9, 10.9%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 4%, 10.9%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(68.75, 0.39, 7.1)

LCH

lch(68.75, 7.11, 86.86)

OKLCH

oklch(73.1%, 0.0188, 81.44)

HWB

hwb(37.9, 60.8%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ba2ae

Analogous

#ae9d9b

#aea79b

#abae9b

Triadic

#aea79b

#9baea7

#a79bae

Split-complementary

#aea79b

#9babae

#9d9bae

Tetradic

#aea79b

#a2ae9b

#9ba2ae

#a79bae

Square

#aea79b

#9bae9d

#9ba2ae

#ae9bab

Shades

Color #aea79b mixed toward black.

#958c7d

#797162

#5b554a

#3d3831

#1e1c19

Tints

Color #aea79b mixed toward white.

#bbb6ac

#c9c4bc

#d6d3cd

#e4e2de

#f1f0ee

Tones

Color #aea79b mixed toward gray.

#aca79d

#aba69e

#a9a6a0

#a8a5a1

#a6a5a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#abab9e · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#abac9f · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#aea0a1 · ΔE 8.7

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 6.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aea79b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aea79b]

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Frequently asked questions

#aea79b (#aea79b) is rgb(174, 167, 155) in RGB.

No, #aea79b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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