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#A8917C

#a8917c ≈ Beaver

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#a8917c is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 56.86% green and 48.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.69% magenta, 26.19% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 28.64°, with 20.18% saturation and 57.25% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons, food and restaurant brands and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Beaver (#9f8170), ΔE 6.34.

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Relative luminance0.3003

Complementary

  1. #a8917c
  2. #7c93a8

Split complementary

  1. #a8917c
  2. #7ca8a7
  3. #7c7da8

Analogous

  1. #a87c7d
  2. #a8917c
  3. #a8a77c

Triadic

  1. #a8917c
  2. #7ca891
  3. #917ca8

Tetradic

  1. #a8917c
  2. #93a87c
  3. #7c93a8
  4. #917ca8

Square

  1. #a8917c
  2. #7da87c
  3. #7c93a8
  4. #a77ca8

Monochromatic

  1. #544537
  2. #816b56
  3. #a8917c
  4. #c7b8aa
  5. #e5ded8

Shades

#a8917c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8917c
  2. #978370
  3. #867463
  4. #766657
  5. #65574a
  6. #54493e
  7. #433a32
  8. #322c25
  9. #221d19
  10. #110f0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8917c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8917c
  2. #b19c89
  3. #b9a796
  4. #c2b2a3
  5. #cbbdb0
  6. #d4c8be
  7. #dcd3cb
  8. #e5ded8
  9. #eee9e5
  10. #f6f4f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8917c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8917c
  2. #a48f7c
  3. #a08e7d
  4. #9c8c7d
  5. #988a7e
  6. #94897e
  7. #90877e
  8. #8c857f
  9. #88837f
  10. #848280
  11. #808080

Readable text 3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d938c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99927b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9e977c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b08c8b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9f927b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a2957c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ad8e85 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8917c {
  color: #a8917c;
}
Background
.bg-a8917c {
  background-color: #a8917c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8917c {
  border: 2px solid #a8917c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8917c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 145 124;
  --color-primary-hsl: 29 20% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8917c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8917c, #a8a77c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8917c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 145 124 / 0.35);
}

#9f8170 Beaver ΔE 6.34 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 8.81 #a67b5b Cafe au Lait ΔE 9.16 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 11.98 #deaa88 Tumbleweed ΔE 12.52 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 12.97 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 13.15 #576e83 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Beaver
#a8917c  rgb(168, 145, 124)  hsl(29, 20%, 57%)  Beaver
#7c93a8  rgb(124, 147, 168)  hsl(209, 20%, 57%)  Light Slate Gray
#7ca891  rgb(124, 168, 145)  hsl(149, 20%, 57%)  Dark Sea Green
#917ca8  rgb(145, 124, 168)  hsl(269, 20%, 57%)  Purple Mountain Majesty