#aea79c

Color #aea79c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.62 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#aea79c

RGB

rgb(174, 167, 156)

HSL

hsl(36.7, 10%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(36.7, 10.3%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 4%, 10.3%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(68.78, 0.56, 6.58)

LCH

lch(68.78, 6.6, 85.14)

OKLCH

oklch(73.1%, 0.0175, 79.14)

HWB

hwb(36.7, 61.2%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ca3ae

Analogous

#ae9e9c

#aea79c

#acae9c

Triadic

#aea79c

#9caea7

#a79cae

Split-complementary

#aea79c

#9cacae

#9e9cae

Tetradic

#aea79c

#a3ae9c

#9ca3ae

#a79cae

Square

#aea79c

#9cae9e

#9ca3ae

#ae9cac

Shades

Color #aea79c mixed toward black.

#958c7e

#797063

#5b544a

#3c3831

#1e1c19

Tints

Color #aea79c mixed toward white.

#bbb6ac

#c9c4bd

#d6d3cd

#e4e2de

#f1f0ee

Tones

Color #aea79c mixed toward gray.

#aca79d

#aba69f

#a9a6a0

#a8a6a2

#a6a5a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#abab9f · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#abac9f · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#aea1a1 · ΔE 7.5

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 5.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aea79c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aea79c]

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Frequently asked questions

#aea79c (#aea79c) is rgb(174, 167, 156) in RGB.

No, #aea79c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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