#A1887F colour

#A1887F is a greyish orange close to CSS rosybrown: RGB 161, 136, 127, HSL 16, 15%, 56%. Black text passes AA (6.34:1). Tints, shades and colour harmonies.

#A1887F

Nearest CSS name: rosybrown #bc8f8f (not an exact match)
Described as: a greyish orange
Red, green, blue: 161, 136, 127
Material 2014: Brown 300
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.2672 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#a1887f`
RGB	`rgb(161, 136, 127)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(63.1% 53.3% 49.8%)`
HSL	`hsl(15.9, 15.3%, 56.5%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(15.9, 21.1%, 63.1%)`
HWB	`hwb(15.9 49.8% 36.9%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(0%, 16%, 21%, 37%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(58.85% 8.7 8.56)`
OKLCH	`oklch(64.71% 0.0334 40.8)`
Decimal	`10586239`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 3.31:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 6.34:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	3.31:1	Fail	Pass	Fail	Fail
Black	6.34:1	Pass	Pass	Fail	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #A1887F (6.34:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#aa938b 18%#b29e96 27%#bba8a2 36%#c3b3ae 45%#ccbeb9 55%#d4c9c5 64%#ddd4d0 73%#e5dfdc 82%#eee9e8 91%#f6f4f3

9%#927c73 18%#846f68 27%#75635c 36%#665751 45%#584a45 55%#493e3a 64%#3b312e 73%#2c2523 82%#1d1917 91%#0f0c0c

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#a1887f #7f98a1

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#a17f87 #a1887f #a1997f

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#a1887f #7fa188 #887fa1

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#a1887f #7fa199 #7f87a1

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#a1887f #87a17f #7f98a1 #997fa1

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#a1887f Protanopia#8e8a7e Deuteranopia#948f7f Tritanopia#a88485 Achromatopsia#8d8d8d

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

Material Brown palette

50#efebe9 100#d7ccc8 200#bcaaa4 300#a1887f 400#8d6e63 500#795548 600#6d4c41 700#5d4037 800#4e342e 900#3e2723

CSS

Text colour	`color: #a1887f;`
Background	`background-color: #a1887f;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #a1887f;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(161 136 127 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #a1887f;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a1887f, #61524c);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #c7b8b2, #a1887f);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #a1887f; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Convert #A1887F to other formats · Build a palette from it · Check contrast · All named colours

Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.