French Beige (#A67B5B)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

Sample Text

This is how text may look on this color.

Best text color: #000000
Contrast vs white: 3.75:1 — vs black: 5.61:1

Color values

HEX #A67B5B
RGB rgb(166, 123, 91)
HSL hsl(25, 29%, 50%)
CMYK cmyk( 0, 26, 45, 35 )
Websafe #996666

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Tags

Mood

Style

Muted (190) Warm (180)

Use case

Text (210) Border (170) Print (170)

Tip: tags are heuristic suggestions (helpful for browsing and inspiration).

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #A67B5B based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

French Beige
#A67B5B Base

#5B86A6

Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

French Beige
#A67B5B Base

#A65B61

#A6A15B

Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

French Beige
#A67B5B Base

#5BA67B

#7B5BA6

Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

French Beige
#A67B5B Base

#5BA6A1

#5B61A6

Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

French Beige
#A67B5B Base

#61A65B

#5B86A6

#A15BA6

Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

French Beige
#A67B5B Base

#433225

#75563F

#8C674C

#B49075

#C1A38D

#DCCBBE

Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of French Beige, generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

— #110C09

— #2F2219

— #4D382A

— #6B4F3A

— #89654A

French Beige #A67B5B Base

— #B69378

— #C6AA96

— #D6C2B3

— #E6DAD1

— #F6F2EE

CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #A67B5B. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #A67B5B;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #A67B5B;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #A67B5B;
}

/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #A67B5B,
        #5B86A6
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #A67B5B,
        #5B86A6
    );
}

// SCSS variable
$french-beige: #A67B5B;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$french-beige-r: 166;
$french-beige-g: 123;
$french-beige-b: 91;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $french-beige;
    color: rgba($french-beige-r, $french-beige-g, $french-beige-b, 0.8);
}

Color Blindness Simulation

How French Beige appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #A67B5B How the color appears with full color vision.

Deuteranopia #898959 Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.

Protanopia #81815B Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.

Tritanopia #A87878 Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.

Achromatopsia #848484 Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.

Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to French Beige ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

French Beige #A67B5B Base

Chamoisee #A0785A ΔE 1.62

Dirt #9B7653 ΔE 3.55

Liver Chestnut #987456 ΔE 3.84

Pale Brown #987654 ΔE 4.31

How to use this color

Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.