Information about Double Linen color
Basic facts about this digital color
A softly toned golden yellow, #A9A790 appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Bud (#A5A88F). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Double Ash (#A7A392) and Double Tana (#A8A48C).
In RGB terms — rgb(169, 167, 144) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #A9A790 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 8.6:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.4:1. This precise shade carries the officially registered name "Double Linen" in the Register.
Double Linen color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Double Linen color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Double Linen color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Double Linen color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Double Linen color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Double Linen color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to Double Linen color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Double Linen
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#A5A88F
#A7A392
#A8A48C
#A5A391
#A6A28F
#A8A293
#A8A495
#A9A18F
#A7AC8B
#A5A395
#AAA08D
#AFA88B
Double Linen color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#A9A790
- RGB169, 167, 144
- CMYK0, 1, 10, 34
- CSSrgb(169, 167, 144)
- HSL55°, 13%, 61%
- HSL Precise55.2°, 12.69%, 61.373%
- HSV55°, 15%, 66%
- HSB55°, 15%, 66%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.663
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.655
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.565
- GLSLvec3(0.663, 0.655, 0.565)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.663, 0.655, 0.565, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.663, 0.655, 0.565)
- Percentage of Red in RGB66.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB65.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB56.5%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDA9A790
- DECIMAL ID11118480
- Name Length12
- This page visited10 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
