Palettes / Colors / #AEA798

#AEA798 — Dusty Brown

#AEA798 is a brown color we call Dusty Brown, closest to the named color DarkGray (#A9A9A9). It belongs to the brown family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkgray (#A9A9A9) — not an exact match. CSS darkgray gives you #A9A9A9, a different color; use #AEA798 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#AEA798 is a warm brown color associated with earthiness, stability and comfort. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #989FAE; it also sits naturally between #AE9C98 and #AAAE98. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 65% · Blue 60%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 4% · Yellow 13% · Key 32%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #AEA798

.text { color: #AEA798; }
.background { background-color: #AEA798; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AEA798; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 167, 152); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(41, 12%, 64%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AEA798; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 167, 152, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AEA798; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 167, 152, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AEA798">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AEA798">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #989FAE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #AEA798: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AEA798

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #AEA798 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AEA798 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #AEA798?

#AEA798 is Dusty Brown, a brown color (RGB 174, 167, 152). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AEA798?

#AEA798 is RGB 174, 167, 152 — HSL 41°, 12%, 64% — CMYK 0%, 4%, 13%, 32%.

What colors go with #AEA798?

Its complement is #989FAE; analogous partners are #AE9C98 and #AAAE98. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AEA798 for text?

Black text on #AEA798 has a contrast ratio of 8.78:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.39:1.