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#BEADA2 — Light Dusty Brown

#BEADA2 is a brown color we call Light 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 #BEADA2 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.

#BEADA2 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 #A2B3BE; it also sits naturally between #BEA2A5 and #BEBBA2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BEADA2 · RGB 190, 173, 162

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Color values

HEX#BEADA2
RGB190, 173, 162
HSL24°, 18%, 69%
HSV24°, 15%, 75%
CMYK0%, 9%, 15%, 25%
XYZ42.70, 43.44, 40.32
Yxy43.44, 0.3377, 0.3435
CIE-Lab71.85, 4.26, 7.86
Hunter Lab65.91, 3.88, 6.52

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 68% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 9% · Yellow 15% · Key 25%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BEADA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BEADA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BEADA2

.text { color: #BEADA2; }
.background { background-color: #BEADA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BEADA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 173, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(24, 18%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BEADA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 173, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BEADA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 173, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BEADA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BEADA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BEADA2

#B29D90#A38B7B#967B69#816A5A#6F5B4D#5A4A3F#483B32#332A24#211B17#0C0A08

Tints of #BEADA2

#C4B5AB#C9BAB1#CFC2BA#D5CAC3#DBD2CC#E0D7D2#E6DFDB#ECE7E4#F0EDEA#F7F4F3

Tones of #BEADA2

#BCAEA4#BAAEA6#B8AEA8#B6AFAA#B4AFAC#B2AFAE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A2B3BE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.17:1 Fails
Against black text9.69:1 AAA

Best text color on #BEADA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BEADA2

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 #BEADA2: ·

How #BEADA2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B7B6A5Deuteranopia · #B8B9A5Tritanopia · #BDA7A7

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 · #9E9E9EMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34ATailwind zinc 500 · #71717A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BEADA2 rather than the exact color:

Silent Ruby Mirage
#90BBBE · #897BC5 · #A34786 · #BDAC9F
Amber Cascade
#AC62B4 · #995668 · #BDAF9E · #8EA864
Palette Daddb1
#DADDB1 · #B3A492 · #BFB29E · #D6C7AE
Ruby Mirage
#EBE2CC · #DED6C1 · #CFC6B1 · #B7B09E
Palette B6ae9f
#B6AE9F · #C5C7BC · #DEDED1 · #FBF3D1
Palette 99bbad
#99BBAD · #EBD8B7 · #C6A9A3 · #9A8194

Similar colors

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

#BDAC9F#BDAF9E#BFB29E#B7B09E#B6AE9F#C6A9A3#BCB59C#C7AE9D#C1A3A3#C8A8A2#BDA39C#C2B8A3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BEADA1  ·  #BEADA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BEADA2?

#BEADA2 is Light Dusty Brown, a brown color (RGB 190, 173, 162). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BEADA2?

#BEADA2 is RGB 190, 173, 162 — HSL 24°, 18%, 69% — CMYK 0%, 9%, 15%, 25%.

What colors go with #BEADA2?

Its complement is #A2B3BE; analogous partners are #BEA2A5 and #BEBBA2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BEADA2 for text?

Black text on #BEADA2 has a contrast ratio of 9.69:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.17:1.