#afa49d

Color #afa49d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.87 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#afa49d

RGB

rgb(175, 164, 157)

HSL

hsl(23.3, 10.1%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(23.3, 10.3%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 10.3%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(68.09, 2.74, 5.06)

LCH

lch(68.09, 5.75, 61.56)

OKLCH

oklch(72.6%, 0.0163, 54.75)

HWB

hwb(23.3, 61.6%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9da8af

Analogous

#af9d9f

#afa49d

#afad9d

Triadic

#afa49d

#9dafa4

#a49daf

Split-complementary

#afa49d

#9dafad

#9d9faf

Tetradic

#afa49d

#a8af9d

#9da8af

#a49daf

Square

#afa49d

#9faf9d

#9da8af

#ad9daf

Shades

Color #afa49d mixed toward black.

#96887f

#7a6c63

#5b514b

#3d3632

#1e1b19

Tints

Color #afa49d mixed toward white.

#bcb3ad

#cac2be

#d7d1ce

#e4e1de

#f2f0ef

Tones

Color #afa49d mixed toward gray.

#ada49f

#aca5a0

#aaa5a2

#a9a5a3

#a8a6a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaa9f · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#abac9f · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#aea0a0 · ΔE 4.4

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 5.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afa49d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afa49d]

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Sandy Brown #f4a460

Peach Puff #ffdab9

Frequently asked questions

#afa49d (#afa49d) is rgb(175, 164, 157) in RGB.

No, #afa49d 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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