What color is #948F79?

#948F79 is a grayish yellow, closest to the named color Pebble. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #948F79?

The RGB value is 148, 143, 121: 148 red, 143 green and 121 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #948F79?

The complementary color is #797E94, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #948F79?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.46:1 and white text 3.25:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#948F79 color

#948F79 rgb(148, 143, 121)

Shades of gray

The hex color #948F79 is a grayish yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 58% red, 56.1% green and 47.5% blue (148, 143, 121).

Its hue angle is 49°, with 11% saturation and 53% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 3% magenta, 18% yellow and 42% black.

The closest named color is Pebble (#9D9880), a difference of 3 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 6.46:1).

#948F79 color codes

HEX	`#948F79`
RGB	`rgb(148, 143, 121)`
RGB percent	`rgb(58%, 56.1%, 47.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(49, 11%, 53%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(49, 18%, 58%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 3%, 18%, 42%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(59.27, -2.02, 12.39)`
CIE LCH	`lch(59.27, 12.55, 99.26)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(25.486, 27.322, 22.016)`
Decimal	`9736057`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #948F79, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #948F79	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	6.46:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.25:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#948F79 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.25:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	6.46:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #948F79 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #948f79; }
.text { color: #948f79; }
.border { border: 2px solid #948f79; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(148 143 121 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #948f79, #8c9479); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Stone.

Questions

What color is #948F79?: #948F79 is a grayish yellow, closest to the named color Pebble. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #948F79?: The RGB value is 148, 143, 121: 148 red, 143 green and 121 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #948F79?: The complementary color is #797E94, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #948F79?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.46:1 and white text 3.25:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.