#c9a49d

Color #c9a49d

A muted light red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 8.48 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#c9a49d

RGB

rgb(201, 164, 157)

HSL

hsl(9.5, 28.9%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(9.5, 21.9%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 21.9%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(70.46, 12.5, 8.76)

LCH

lch(70.46, 15.26, 35.02)

OKLCH

oklch(75%, 0.0451, 30.55)

HWB

hwb(9.5, 61.6%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9dc2c9

Analogous

#c99dac

#c9a49d

#c9ba9d

Triadic

#c9a49d

#9dc9a4

#a49dc9

Split-complementary

#c9a49d

#9dc9ba

#9dacc9

Tetradic

#c9a49d

#c2c99d

#9dc2c9

#a49dc9

Square

#c9a49d

#acc99d

#9dc2c9

#ba9dc9

Shades

Color #c9a49d mixed toward black.

#b48077

#9a6055

#734840

#4d302a

#261815

Tints

Color #c9a49d mixed toward white.

#d2b3ad

#dbc2be

#e4d2ce

#ede1de

#f6f0ef

Tones

Color #c9a49d mixed toward gray.

#c5a7a1

#c2a9a4

#beaca8

#baaeac

#b7b1af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#baba9f · ΔE 21.6

Deuteranopia

#bcbf9f · ΔE 24

Tritanopia

#c7a0a0 · ΔE 3.3

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 14.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9a49d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9a49d]

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Tomato #ff6347

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Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

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Frequently asked questions

#c9a49d (#c9a49d) is rgb(201, 164, 157) in RGB.

No, #c9a49d 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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