What color is #A69F85?

#A69F85 is a grayish yellow, closest to the named color Knock on Wood. It belongs to the brown family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #A69F85?

The RGB value is 166, 159, 133: 166 red, 159 green and 133 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #A69F85?

The complementary color is #858CA6, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #A69F85?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.92:1 and white text 2.65:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#A69F85 color

#A69F85 rgb(166, 159, 133)

Shades of brown

The hex color #A69F85 is a grayish yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 65.1% red, 62.4% green and 52.2% blue (166, 159, 133).

Its hue angle is 47°, with 16% saturation and 59% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 20% yellow and 35% black.

The closest named color is Knock on Wood (#9F9B84), a difference of 2.1 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.92:1).

#A69F85 color codes

HEX	`#A69F85`
RGB	`rgb(166, 159, 133)`
RGB percent	`rgb(65.1%, 62.4%, 52.2%)`
HSL	`hsl(47, 16%, 59%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(47, 20%, 65%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 4%, 20%, 35%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(65.43, -1.88, 14.51)`
CIE LCH	`lch(65.43, 14.63, 97.39)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(32.358, 34.597, 27.159)`
Decimal	`10919813`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #A69F85, 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 #A69F85	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.92:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.65:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#A69F85 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.65:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.92:1	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 #A69F85 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #a69f85; }
.text { color: #a69f85; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a69f85; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(166 159 133 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #a69f85, #9da685); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Khaki.

Questions

What color is #A69F85?: #A69F85 is a grayish yellow, closest to the named color Knock on Wood. It belongs to the brown family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #A69F85?: The RGB value is 166, 159, 133: 166 red, 159 green and 133 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #A69F85?: The complementary color is #858CA6, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #A69F85?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.92:1 and white text 2.65:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.