What color is #A89B85?

#A89B85 is a grayish orange, closest to the named color Nomad. It belongs to the brown family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #A89B85?

The RGB value is 168, 155, 133: 168 red, 155 green and 133 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #A89B85?

The complementary color is #8592A8, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #A89B85?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.69:1 and white text 2.73:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#A89B85 color

#A89B85 rgb(168, 155, 133)

Shades of brown

The hex color #A89B85 is a grayish orange.

In the RGB color model it is made of 65.9% red, 60.8% green and 52.2% blue (168, 155, 133).

Its hue angle is 38°, with 17% saturation and 59% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 21% yellow and 34% black.

The closest named color is Nomad (#A19986), a difference of 2.5 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.69:1).

#A89B85 color codes

HEX	`#A89B85`
RGB	`rgb(168, 155, 133)`
RGB percent	`rgb(65.9%, 60.8%, 52.2%)`
HSL	`hsl(38, 17%, 59%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(38, 21%, 66%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 8%, 21%, 34%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(64.53, 1.08, 13.27)`
CIE LCH	`lch(64.53, 13.32, 85.33)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(32.103, 33.462, 26.953)`
Decimal	`11049861`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #A89B85, 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 #A89B85	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.69:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.73:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#A89B85 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.73:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.69:1	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 #A89B85 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #a89b85; }
.text { color: #a89b85; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a89b85; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(168 155 133 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #a89b85, #a4a885); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Greige.

Questions

What color is #A89B85?: #A89B85 is a grayish orange, closest to the named color Nomad. It belongs to the brown family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #A89B85?: The RGB value is 168, 155, 133: 168 red, 155 green and 133 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #A89B85?: The complementary color is #8592A8, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #A89B85?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.69:1 and white text 2.73:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.