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#A8A087

#a8a087 ≈ Ecru

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#a8a087 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 62.75% green and 52.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.76% magenta, 19.64% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 45.45°, with 15.94% saturation and 59.41% 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 8.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Ecru (#c2b280), ΔE 8.83.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3522

Complementary

  1. #a8a087
  2. #878fa8

Split complementary

  1. #a8a087
  2. #879fa8
  3. #8f87a8

Analogous

  1. #a88f87
  2. #a8a087
  3. #9fa887

Triadic

  1. #a8a087
  2. #87a8a0
  3. #a087a8

Tetradic

  1. #a8a087
  2. #8fa887
  3. #878fa8
  4. #a087a8

Square

  1. #a8a087
  2. #87a88f
  3. #878fa8
  4. #a8879f

Monochromatic

  1. #57513f
  2. #837b5f
  3. #a8a087
  4. #c8c3b3
  5. #e8e6e0

Shades

#a8a087 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8a087
  2. #97907a
  3. #86806c
  4. #76705f
  5. #656051
  6. #545044
  7. #434036
  8. #323029
  9. #22201b
  10. #11100e
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8a087 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8a087
  2. #b1aa93
  3. #b9b39f
  4. #c2bdab
  5. #cbc6b7
  6. #d4d0c3
  7. #dcd9cf
  8. #e5e3db
  9. #eeece7
  10. #f6f6f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8a087 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8a087
  2. #a49d86
  3. #a09a86
  4. #9c9685
  5. #989384
  6. #949084
  7. #908d83
  8. #8c8a82
  9. #888681
  10. #848381
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3a097 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a69f85 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a8a188 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ae9c99 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a79f86 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8a187 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ab9e92 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8a087 {
  color: #a8a087;
}
Background
.bg-a8a087 {
  background-color: #a8a087;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8a087 {
  border: 2px solid #a8a087;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8a087;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 160 135;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 16% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8a087 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8a087, #9fa887);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8a087 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 160 135 / 0.35);
}

#c2b280 Ecru ΔE 8.83 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 9.08 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 11.01 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 11.10 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 11.10 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 11.57 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 12.73 #575f78 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Ecru
#a8a087  rgb(168, 160, 135)  hsl(45, 16%, 59%)  Ecru
#878fa8  rgb(135, 143, 168)  hsl(225, 16%, 59%)  Cool Gray
#87a8a0  rgb(135, 168, 160)  hsl(165, 16%, 59%)  Opal
#a087a8  rgb(160, 135, 168)  hsl(285, 16%, 59%)  Mountbatten Pink