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#A69E6A

#a69e6a ≈ Ecru

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#a69e6a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 61.96% green and 41.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.82% magenta, 36.14% yellow and 34.9% black. Its hue angle is 52°, with 25.21% saturation and 53.33% 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 7.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Ecru (#c2b280), ΔE 6.98.

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Web safe#999966
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Relative luminance0.336

Complementary

  1. #a69e6a
  2. #6a72a6

Split complementary

  1. #a69e6a
  2. #6a90a6
  3. #806aa6

Analogous

  1. #a6806a
  2. #a69e6a
  3. #90a66a

Triadic

  1. #a69e6a
  2. #6aa69e
  3. #9e6aa6

Tetradic

  1. #a69e6a
  2. #72a66a
  3. #6a72a6
  4. #9e6aa6

Square

  1. #a69e6a
  2. #6aa680
  3. #6a72a6
  4. #a66a90

Monochromatic

  1. #4a462c
  2. #7a7449
  3. #a69e6a
  4. #c3bd9a
  5. #dfdcca

Shades

#a69e6a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a69e6a
  2. #958e5f
  3. #857e55
  4. #746f4a
  5. #645f40
  6. #534f35
  7. #423f2a
  8. #322f20
  9. #212015
  10. #11100b
  11. #000000

Tints

#a69e6a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a69e6a
  2. #afa879
  3. #b8b188
  4. #c1bb97
  5. #cac5a6
  6. #d3cfb5
  7. #dbd8c3
  8. #e4e2d2
  9. #edece1
  10. #f6f5f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a69e6a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a69e6a
  2. #a29b6c
  3. #9e986e
  4. #9b9571
  5. #979273
  6. #938f75
  7. #8f8c77
  8. #8b8979
  9. #88867c
  10. #84837e
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a19d8b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a79b66 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aa9e6c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #af9791 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a79c68 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a89e6b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ab9a83 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a69e6a {
  color: #a69e6a;
}
Background
.bg-a69e6a {
  background-color: #a69e6a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a69e6a {
  border: 2px solid #a69e6a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a69e6a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 158 106;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 25% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a69e6a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a69e6a, #90a66a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a69e6a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 158 106 / 0.35);
}

#c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.98 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 7.70 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 8.10 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.27 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.89 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 9.81 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 11.23 #596195 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Ecru
#a69e6a  rgb(166, 158, 106)  hsl(52, 25%, 53%)  Ecru
#6a72a6  rgb(106, 114, 166)  hsl(232, 25%, 53%)  Glaucous
#6aa69e  rgb(106, 166, 158)  hsl(172, 25%, 53%)  Cadet Blue
#9e6aa6  rgb(158, 106, 166)  hsl(292, 25%, 53%)  Purple Mountain Majesty