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#AFA692 — Dusty Brown

#AFA692 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 #AFA692 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.

#AFA692 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 #929BAF; it also sits naturally between #AF9892 and #AAAF92. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AFA692 · RGB 175, 166, 146

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Color values

HEX#AFA692
RGB175, 166, 146
HSL41°, 15%, 63%
HSV41°, 17%, 69%
CMYK0%, 5%, 17%, 31%
XYZ36.50, 38.46, 32.69
Yxy38.46, 0.3391, 0.3573
CIE-Lab68.36, -0.18, 11.52
Hunter Lab62.02, -0.15, 9.12

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 69% · Green 65% · Blue 57%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 5% · Yellow 17% · Key 31%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AFA692 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AFA692 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AFA692

.text { color: #AFA692; }
.background { background-color: #AFA692; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AFA692; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(175, 166, 146); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(41, 15%, 63%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AFA692; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(175, 166, 146, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AFA692; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(175, 166, 146, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AFA692">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AFA692">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AFA692

#A29781#95896F#847962#726955#645B4A#524B3D#413B30#2F2B23#1D1B16#0C0B09

Tints of #AFA692

#B5AD9B#BEB7A7#C4BEB0#CBC5B9#D4CFC4#DAD6CD#E1DDD6#E7E4DF#F0EEEA#F6F5F3

Tones of #AFA692

#ADA594#ABA496#A9A498#A6A39B#A4A29D#A3A19F

Color harmonies

Complementary — #929BAF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.42:1 Fails
Against black text8.69:1 AAA

Best text color on #AFA692: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AFA692

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:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #AFA692: ·

How #AFA692 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ABAB97Deuteranopia · #ACAC98Tritanopia · #AF9B9C

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:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind neutral 500 · #737373Tailwind zinc 500 · #71717A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AFA692 rather than the exact color:

Palette F3eeea
#F3EEEA · #EBE3D5 · #B0A695 · #776B5D
Palette 98d8ef
#98D8EF · #EAE2C6 · #BFBBA9 · #ADA991
Palette Daddb1
#DADDB1 · #B3A492 · #BFB29E · #D6C7AE
Palette E5dcc3
#E5DCC3 · #C7BEA2 · #AAA492 · #9A9483
Palette 524646
#524646 · #A8A492 · #FCF2E5 · #EC5B38
Palette D7e4c0
#D7E4C0 · #C6DCBA · #BBC3A4 · #B3A398

Similar colors

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

#B0A695#ADA991#B3A492#AAA492#A8A492#B3A398#B7A593#B2AB8C#B6A28E#B5A48B#B2A59B#A5A58D

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AFA691  ·  #AFA693 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AFA692?

#AFA692 is Dusty Brown, a brown color (RGB 175, 166, 146). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AFA692?

#AFA692 is RGB 175, 166, 146 — HSL 41°, 15%, 63% — CMYK 0%, 5%, 17%, 31%.

What colors go with #AFA692?

Its complement is #929BAF; analogous partners are #AF9892 and #AAAF92. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AFA692 for text?

Black text on #AFA692 has a contrast ratio of 8.69:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.42:1.