What color is #A69F82?

#A69F82 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 #A69F82?

The RGB value is 166, 159, 130: 166 red, 159 green and 130 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #A69F82?

The complementary color is #8289A6, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #A69F82?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.9:1 and white text 2.66:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#A69F82 color

#A69F82 rgb(166, 159, 130)

Shades of brown

The hex color #A69F82 is a grayish yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 65.1% red, 62.4% green and 51% blue (166, 159, 130).

Its hue angle is 48°, 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 2.5 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.9:1).

#A69F82 color codes

HEX	`#A69F82`
RGB	`rgb(166, 159, 130)`
RGB percent	`rgb(65.1%, 62.4%, 51%)`
HSL	`hsl(48, 17%, 58%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(48, 22%, 65%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 4%, 22%, 35%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(65.37, -2.34, 16.08)`
CIE LCH	`lch(65.37, 16.25, 98.29)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(32.153, 34.516, 26.083)`
Decimal	`10919810`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #A69F82, 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 #A69F82	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.9:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.66:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#A69F82 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.66:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.9:1	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 #A69F82 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #a69f82; }
.text { color: #a69f82; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a69f82; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(166 159 130 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #a69f82, #9ba682); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Khaki.

Questions

What color is #A69F82?: #A69F82 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 #A69F82?: The RGB value is 166, 159, 130: 166 red, 159 green and 130 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #A69F82?: The complementary color is #8289A6, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #A69F82?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.9:1 and white text 2.66:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.