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#AA8468

#aa8468 ≈ Cafe au Lait

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aa8468 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 51.76% green and 40.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.35% magenta, 38.82% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 25.45°, with 27.97% saturation and 53.73% 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 6.21:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cafe au Lait (#a67b5b), ΔE 3.3.

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Relative luminance0.2605

Complementary

  1. #aa8468
  2. #688eaa

Split complementary

  1. #aa8468
  2. #68aaa5
  3. #686daa

Analogous

  1. #aa686d
  2. #aa8468
  3. #aaa568

Triadic

  1. #aa8468
  2. #68aa84
  3. #8468aa

Tetradic

  1. #aa8468
  2. #8eaa68
  3. #688eaa
  4. #8468aa

Square

  1. #aa8468
  2. #6daa68
  3. #688eaa
  4. #a568aa

Monochromatic

  1. #4d3a2c
  2. #7e5f47
  3. #aa8468
  4. #c6ac99
  5. #e1d4ca

Shades

#aa8468 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa8468
  2. #99775e
  3. #886a53
  4. #775c49
  5. #664f3e
  6. #554234
  7. #44352a
  8. #33281f
  9. #221a15
  10. #110d0a
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa8468 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa8468
  2. #b39077
  3. #bb9d86
  4. #c4a995
  5. #ccb5a4
  6. #d5c2b4
  7. #ddcec3
  8. #e6dad2
  9. #eee6e1
  10. #f7f3f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa8468 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa8468
  2. #a6846a
  3. #a2836d
  4. #9d836f
  5. #998272
  6. #958274
  7. #918276
  8. #8d8179
  9. #88817b
  10. #84807e
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8c8c8c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #99897f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8f8766 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #988f68 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b57d7d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9b8667 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a08b68 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b18075 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa8468 {
  color: #aa8468;
}
Background
.bg-aa8468 {
  background-color: #aa8468;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa8468 {
  border: 2px solid #aa8468;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa8468;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 132 104;
  --color-primary-hsl: 25 28% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa8468 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa8468, #aaa568);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa8468 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 132 104 / 0.35);
}

#a67b5b Cafe au Lait ΔE 3.30 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 4.45 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 9.08 #d68a59 Raw Sienna ΔE 10.40 #b87333 Copper ΔE 10.66 #d99058 Persian Orange ΔE 11.29 #cd853f Peru ΔE 11.36 #557b97 Inverted #8c8c8c Grayscale 

Cafe au Lait
#aa8468  rgb(170, 132, 104)  hsl(25, 28%, 54%)  Cafe au Lait
#688eaa  rgb(104, 142, 170)  hsl(205, 28%, 54%)  Air Force Blue
#68aa84  rgb(104, 170, 132)  hsl(145, 28%, 54%)  Mint
#8468aa  rgb(132, 104, 170)  hsl(265, 28%, 54%)  Purple Mountain Majesty