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#A89E8A

#a89e8a ≈ Dark Gray

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#a89e8a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 61.96% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.95% magenta, 17.86% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 40°, with 14.71% saturation and 60% 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 7.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 9.79.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3461

Complementary

  1. #a89e8a
  2. #8a94a8

Split complementary

  1. #a89e8a
  2. #8aa3a8
  3. #8f8aa8

Analogous

  1. #a88f8a
  2. #a89e8a
  3. #a3a88a

Triadic

  1. #a89e8a
  2. #8aa89e
  3. #9e8aa8

Tetradic

  1. #a89e8a
  2. #94a88a
  3. #8a94a8
  4. #9e8aa8

Square

  1. #a89e8a
  2. #8aa88f
  3. #8a94a8
  4. #a88aa3

Monochromatic

  1. #585041
  2. #847862
  3. #a89e8a
  4. #c9c2b6
  5. #e9e7e2

Shades

#a89e8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a89e8a
  2. #978e7c
  3. #867e6e
  4. #766f61
  5. #655f53
  6. #544f45
  7. #433f37
  8. #322f29
  9. #22201c
  10. #11100e
  11. #000000

Tints

#a89e8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a89e8a
  2. #b1a896
  3. #b9b1a1
  4. #c2bbad
  5. #cbc5b9
  6. #d4cfc5
  7. #dcd8d0
  8. #e5e2dc
  9. #eeece8
  10. #f6f5f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a89e8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a89e8a
  2. #a49b89
  3. #a09888
  4. #9c9587
  5. #989286
  6. #948f85
  7. #908c84
  8. #8c8983
  9. #888682
  10. #848381
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a39f97 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a39d89 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6a08b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ad9a98 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a59e89 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a79f8a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ab9c93 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a89e8a {
  color: #a89e8a;
}
Background
.bg-a89e8a {
  background-color: #a89e8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a89e8a {
  border: 2px solid #a89e8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a89e8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 158 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 15% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a89e8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a89e8a, #a3a88a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a89e8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 158 138 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.79 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 9.79 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 10.36 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 11.03 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 11.13 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 11.34 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 12.34 #576175 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#a89e8a  rgb(168, 158, 138)  hsl(40, 15%, 60%)  Dark Gray
#8a94a8  rgb(138, 148, 168)  hsl(220, 15%, 60%)  Cool Gray
#8aa89e  rgb(138, 168, 158)  hsl(160, 15%, 60%)  Opal
#9e8aa8  rgb(158, 138, 168)  hsl(280, 15%, 60%)  Rose Quartz