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#AC8462

#ac8462 ≈ Cafe au Lait

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ac8462 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 51.76% green and 38.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.26% magenta, 43.02% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 27.57°, with 30.83% saturation and 52.94% 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 6.23:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cafe au Lait (#a67b5b), ΔE 3.22.

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Relative luminance0.2616

Complementary

  1. #ac8462
  2. #628aac

Split complementary

  1. #ac8462
  2. #62aca9
  3. #6265ac

Analogous

  1. #ac6265
  2. #ac8462
  3. #aca962

Triadic

  1. #ac8462
  2. #62ac84
  3. #8462ac

Tetradic

  1. #ac8462
  2. #8aac62
  3. #628aac
  4. #8462ac

Square

  1. #ac8462
  2. #65ac62
  3. #628aac
  4. #a962ac

Monochromatic

  1. #4d3928
  2. #7f5e43
  3. #ac8462
  4. #c6ab94
  5. #e1d2c6

Shades

#ac8462 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ac8462
  2. #9b7758
  3. #8a6a4e
  4. #785c45
  5. #674f3b
  6. #564231
  7. #453527
  8. #34281d
  9. #221a14
  10. #110d0a
  11. #000000

Tints

#ac8462 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ac8462
  2. #b49072
  3. #bd9d81
  4. #c5a991
  5. #cdb5a1
  6. #d6c2b1
  7. #decec0
  8. #e6dad0
  9. #eee6e0
  10. #f7f3ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ac8462 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ac8462
  2. #a88465
  3. #a38368
  4. #9f836b
  5. #9a826e
  6. #968271
  7. #928274
  8. #8d8177
  9. #89817a
  10. #84807d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8c8c8c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9a897d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #908760 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9a8f62 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b87c7b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9c8661 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a18b62 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b37f72 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ac8462 {
  color: #ac8462;
}
Background
.bg-ac8462 {
  background-color: #ac8462;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ac8462 {
  border: 2px solid #ac8462;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ac8462;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 132 98;
  --color-primary-hsl: 28 31% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ac8462 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ac8462, #aca962);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ac8462 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 132 98 / 0.35);
}

#a67b5b Cafe au Lait ΔE 3.22 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 6.25 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 7.95 #b87333 Copper ΔE 9.29 #d68a59 Raw Sienna ΔE 9.68 #cd853f Peru ΔE 9.85 #d99058 Persian Orange ΔE 10.29 #537b9d Inverted #8c8c8c Grayscale 

Cafe au Lait
#ac8462  rgb(172, 132, 98)  hsl(28, 31%, 53%)  Cafe au Lait
#628aac  rgb(98, 138, 172)  hsl(208, 31%, 53%)  Air Force Blue
#62ac84  rgb(98, 172, 132)  hsl(148, 31%, 53%)  Mint
#8462ac  rgb(132, 98, 172)  hsl(268, 31%, 53%)  Royal Purple