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#A09F84

#a09f84 ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#a09f84 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.75% red, 62.35% green and 51.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.62% magenta, 17.5% yellow and 37.25% black. Its hue angle is 57.86°, with 12.84% saturation and 57.25% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 8.84.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3394

Complementary

  1. #a09f84
  2. #8485a0

Split complementary

  1. #a09f84
  2. #8493a0
  3. #9184a0

Analogous

  1. #a09184
  2. #a09f84
  3. #93a084

Triadic

  1. #a09f84
  2. #84a09f
  3. #9f84a0

Tetradic

  1. #a09f84
  2. #85a084
  3. #8485a0
  4. #9f84a0

Square

  1. #a09f84
  2. #84a091
  3. #8485a0
  4. #a08493

Monochromatic

  1. #4e4e3d
  2. #7a795e
  3. #a09f84
  4. #c1c1af
  5. #e3e2da

Shades

#a09f84 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a09f84
  2. #908f77
  3. #807f6a
  4. #706f5c
  5. #605f4f
  6. #505042
  7. #404035
  8. #303028
  9. #20201a
  10. #10100d
  11. #000000

Tints

#a09f84 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a09f84
  2. #aaa990
  3. #b3b29d
  4. #bdbca9
  5. #c6c5b5
  6. #d0cfc2
  7. #d9d9ce
  8. #e3e2da
  9. #ecece6
  10. #f6f5f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a09f84 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a09f84
  2. #9d9c84
  3. #9a9983
  4. #969683
  5. #939382
  6. #909082
  7. #8d8c82
  8. #8a8981
  9. #868681
  10. #838380
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9e9e94 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a49d82 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a59e85 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a49b97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a29e83 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a39e85 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a39d90 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a09f84 {
  color: #a09f84;
}
Background
.bg-a09f84 {
  background-color: #a09f84;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a09f84 {
  border: 2px solid #a09f84;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a09f84;
  --color-primary-rgb: 160 159 132;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 13% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a09f84 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a09f84, #93a084);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a09f84 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(160 159 132 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 8.84 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 10.05 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 10.92 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 11.98 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 12.10 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 12.10 #87a96b Asparagus ΔE 12.57 #5f607b Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Sage
#a09f84  rgb(160, 159, 132)  hsl(58, 13%, 57%)  Sage
#8485a0  rgb(132, 133, 160)  hsl(238, 13%, 57%)  Cool Gray
#84a09f  rgb(132, 160, 159)  hsl(178, 13%, 57%)  Cadet Blue
#9f84a0  rgb(159, 132, 160)  hsl(298, 13%, 57%)  Mountbatten Pink