#c3ae99

Color #c3ae99

A muted light orange.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 11.22 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#c3ae99

RGB

rgb(195, 174, 153)

HSL

hsl(30, 25.9%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(30, 21.5%, 76.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 21.5%, 23.5%)

LAB

lab(72.35, 4.2, 13.55)

LCH

lch(72.35, 14.19, 72.78)

OKLCH

oklch(76.3%, 0.038, 67.22)

HWB

hwb(30, 60%, 23.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99aec3

Analogous

#c39999

#c3ae99

#c3c399

Triadic

#c3ae99

#99c3ae

#ae99c3

Split-complementary

#c3ae99

#99c3c3

#9999c3

Tetradic

#c3ae99

#aec399

#99aec3

#ae99c3

Square

#c3ae99

#99c399

#99aec3

#c399c3

Shades

Color #c3ae99 mixed toward black.

#ad9174

#927456

#6d5740

#493a2b

#241d15

Tints

Color #c3ae99 mixed toward white.

#cdbbaa

#d7c9bb

#e1d6cc

#ebe4dd

#f5f1ee

Tones

Color #c3ae99 mixed toward gray.

#bfae9c

#bcaea0

#b8aea3

#b5aea7

#b1aeaa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.83:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#baba9e · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#bbbda0 · ΔE 12.5

Tritanopia

#c2a3a3 · ΔE 12

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 11.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c3ae99;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c3ae99]

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Bisque #ffe4c4

Dark Orange #ff8c00

Frequently asked questions

#c3ae99 (#c3ae99) is rgb(195, 174, 153) in RGB.

No, #c3ae99 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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