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#A49C8A

#a49c8a ≈ Dark Gray

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#a49c8a 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 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.88% magenta, 15.85% yellow and 35.69% black. Its hue angle is 41.54°, with 12.5% saturation and 59.22% 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 7.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 9.27.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.335

Complementary

  1. #a49c8a
  2. #8a92a4

Split complementary

  1. #a49c8a
  2. #8a9fa4
  3. #8f8aa4

Analogous

  1. #a48f8a
  2. #a49c8a
  3. #9fa48a

Triadic

  1. #a49c8a
  2. #8aa49c
  3. #9c8aa4

Tetradic

  1. #a49c8a
  2. #92a48a
  3. #8a92a4
  4. #9c8aa4

Square

  1. #a49c8a
  2. #8aa48f
  3. #8a92a4
  4. #a48a9f

Monochromatic

  1. #544e41
  2. #7f7663
  3. #a49c8a
  4. #c5c0b5
  5. #e7e5e0

Shades

#a49c8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a49c8a
  2. #948c7c
  3. #837d6e
  4. #736d61
  5. #625e53
  6. #524e45
  7. #423e37
  8. #312f29
  9. #211f1c
  10. #10100e
  11. #000000

Tints

#a49c8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a49c8a
  2. #ada696
  3. #b6b0a1
  4. #bfbaad
  5. #c8c4b9
  6. #d2cec5
  7. #dbd7d0
  8. #e4e1dc
  9. #edebe8
  10. #f6f5f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a49c8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a49c8a
  2. #a09989
  3. #9d9688
  4. #999487
  5. #969186
  6. #928e85
  7. #8e8b84
  8. #8b8883
  9. #878682
  10. #848381
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a09c95 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a19b89 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a39e8a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a99997 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a29c89 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a39d8a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a79a92 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a49c8a {
  color: #a49c8a;
}
Background
.bg-a49c8a {
  background-color: #a49c8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a49c8a {
  border: 2px solid #a49c8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a49c8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 164 156 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 13% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a49c8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a49c8a, #9fa48a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a49c8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(164 156 138 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.27 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 9.27 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 11.22 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 11.35 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 11.77 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 12.28 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 12.39 #5b6375 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a49c8a  rgb(164, 156, 138)  hsl(42, 13%, 59%)  Dark Gray
#8a92a4  rgb(138, 146, 164)  hsl(222, 13%, 59%)  Cool Gray
#8aa49c  rgb(138, 164, 156)  hsl(162, 13%, 59%)  Opal
#9c8aa4  rgb(156, 138, 164)  hsl(282, 13%, 59%)  Rose Quartz