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#AE660E

#ae660e ≈ Ginger

  • brown
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ae660e is a color from the brown family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 40% green and 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 41.38% magenta, 91.95% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 33°, with 85.11% saturation and 36.86% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with reliability, warmth and earthiness. Designers typically use it for cafés and coffee brands, rustic and natural styles and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.71:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Ginger (#b06500), ΔE 0.91.

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Web safe#996600
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Relative luminance0.1853

Complementary

  1. #ae660e
  2. #0e56ae

Split complementary

  1. #ae660e
  2. #0ea6ae
  3. #160eae

Analogous

  1. #ae160e
  2. #ae660e
  3. #a6ae0e

Triadic

  1. #ae660e
  2. #0eae66
  3. #660eae

Tetradic

  1. #ae660e
  2. #56ae0e
  3. #0e56ae
  4. #660eae

Square

  1. #ae660e
  2. #0eae16
  3. #0e56ae
  4. #ae0ea6

Monochromatic

  1. #201303
  2. #673c08
  3. #ae660e
  4. #ed8f1c
  5. #f2b263

Shades

#ae660e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae660e
  2. #9d5c0d
  3. #8b520b
  4. #7a470a
  5. #683d08
  6. #573307
  7. #462906
  8. #341f04
  9. #231403
  10. #110a01
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae660e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae660e
  2. #b67526
  3. #be853e
  4. #c69456
  5. #cea36e
  6. #d7b387
  7. #dfc29f
  8. #e7d1b7
  9. #efe0cf
  10. #f7f0e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae660e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae660e
  2. #a96919
  3. #a56b25
  4. #a06e30
  5. #9c703c
  6. #977347
  7. #927652
  8. #8e785e
  9. #897b69
  10. #857d75
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #90715e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7d6d00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8e7e0f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bf5557 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #936a00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9c750f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b85c45 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae660e {
  color: #ae660e;
}
Background
.bg-ae660e {
  background-color: #ae660e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae660e {
  border: 2px solid #ae660e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae660e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 102 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 33 85% 37%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae660e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae660e, #a6ae0e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae660e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 102 14 / 0.35);
}

#b06500 Ginger ΔE 0.91 #b87333 Copper ΔE 5.51 #996515 Golden Brown ΔE 5.68 #cc7722 Ochre ΔE 7.99 #d2691e Chocolate ΔE 9.38 #cd7f32 Bronze ΔE 9.62 #cc5500 Burnt Orange ΔE 10.19 #5199f1 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Ginger
#ae660e  rgb(174, 102, 14)  hsl(33, 85%, 37%)  Ginger
#0e56ae  rgb(14, 86, 174)  hsl(213, 85%, 37%)  Sapphire
#0eae66  rgb(14, 174, 102)  hsl(153, 85%, 37%)  Jade
#660eae  rgb(102, 14, 174)  hsl(273, 85%, 37%)  Rebecca Purple