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#A49C84

#a49c84 ≈ Ecru

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#a49c84 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.31% red, 61.18% green and 51.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.88% magenta, 19.51% yellow and 35.69% black. Its hue angle is 45°, with 14.95% saturation and 58.04% 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 7.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Ecru (#c2b280), ΔE 9.82.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3334

Complementary

  1. #a49c84
  2. #848ca4

Split complementary

  1. #a49c84
  2. #849ca4
  3. #8c84a4

Analogous

  1. #a48c84
  2. #a49c84
  3. #9ca484

Triadic

  1. #a49c84
  2. #84a49c
  3. #9c84a4

Tetradic

  1. #a49c84
  2. #8ca484
  3. #848ca4
  4. #9c84a4

Square

  1. #a49c84
  2. #84a48c
  3. #848ca4
  4. #a4849c

Monochromatic

  1. #524d3d
  2. #7e765d
  3. #a49c84
  4. #c5bfb0
  5. #e5e3dc

Shades

#a49c84 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a49c84
  2. #948c77
  3. #837d6a
  4. #736d5c
  5. #625e4f
  6. #524e42
  7. #423e35
  8. #312f28
  9. #211f1a
  10. #10100d
  11. #000000

Tints

#a49c84 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a49c84
  2. #ada690
  3. #b6b09d
  4. #bfbaa9
  5. #c8c4b5
  6. #d2cec2
  7. #dbd7ce
  8. #e4e1da
  9. #edebe6
  10. #f6f5f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a49c84 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a49c84
  2. #a09984
  3. #9d9683
  4. #999483
  5. #969182
  6. #928e82
  7. #8e8b82
  8. #8b8881
  9. #878681
  10. #848380
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9f9c93 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a29b83 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a49d85 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a99895 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a39b83 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a49d84 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a79a8f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a49c84 {
  color: #a49c84;
}
Background
.bg-a49c84 {
  background-color: #a49c84;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a49c84 {
  border: 2px solid #a49c84;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a49c84;
  --color-primary-rgb: 164 156 132;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 15% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a49c84 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a49c84, #9ca484);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a49c84 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(164 156 132 / 0.35);
}

#c2b280 Ecru ΔE 9.82 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 10.18 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 11.19 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 11.19 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 11.71 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 11.84 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 12.55 #5b637b Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Ecru
#a49c84  rgb(164, 156, 132)  hsl(45, 15%, 58%)  Ecru
#848ca4  rgb(132, 140, 164)  hsl(225, 15%, 58%)  Cool Gray
#84a49c  rgb(132, 164, 156)  hsl(165, 15%, 58%)  Cadet Blue
#9c84a4  rgb(156, 132, 164)  hsl(285, 15%, 58%)  Mountbatten Pink