What color is #A59F81?

#A59F81 is a grayish yellow, closest to the named color A Frond in Need. It belongs to the brown family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #A59F81?

The RGB value is 165, 159, 129: 165 red, 159 green and 129 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #A59F81?

The complementary color is #8187A5, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #A59F81?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.88:1 and white text 2.67:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#A59F81 color

#A59F81 rgb(165, 159, 129)

Shades of brown

The hex color #A59F81 is a grayish yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 64.7% red, 62.4% green and 50.6% blue (165, 159, 129).

Its hue angle is 50°, with 17% saturation and 58% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 22% yellow and 35% black.

The closest named color is A Frond in Need (#9F9978), a difference of 2.2 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.88:1).

#A59F81 color codes

HEX	`#A59F81`
RGB	`rgb(165, 159, 129)`
RGB percent	`rgb(64.7%, 62.4%, 50.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(50, 17%, 58%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(50, 22%, 65%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 4%, 22%, 35%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(65.26, -2.88, 16.48)`
CIE LCH	`lch(65.26, 16.73, 99.93)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(31.878, 34.381, 25.722)`
Decimal	`10854273`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #A59F81, 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 #A59F81	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.88:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.67:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#A59F81 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.67:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.88:1	Pass	Pass	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 #A59F81 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #a59f81; }
.text { color: #a59f81; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a59f81; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(165 159 129 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #a59f81, #99a581); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Sage.

Questions

What color is #A59F81?: #A59F81 is a grayish yellow, closest to the named color A Frond in Need. It belongs to the brown family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #A59F81?: The RGB value is 165, 159, 129: 165 red, 159 green and 129 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #A59F81?: The complementary color is #8187A5, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #A59F81?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.88:1 and white text 2.67:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.