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#ae6d4e ≈ Cafe au Lait

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ae6d4e is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 42.75% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 37.36% magenta, 55.17% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 19.37°, with 38.1% saturation and 49.41% 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 5.1:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cafe au Lait (#a67b5b), ΔE 6.67.

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Relative luminance0.2049

Complementary

  1. #ae6d4e
  2. #4e8fae

Split complementary

  1. #ae6d4e
  2. #4eae9d
  3. #4e5fae

Analogous

  1. #ae4e5f
  2. #ae6d4e
  3. #ae9d4e

Triadic

  1. #ae6d4e
  2. #4eae6d
  3. #6d4eae

Tetradic

  1. #ae6d4e
  2. #8fae4e
  3. #4e8fae
  4. #6d4eae

Square

  1. #ae6d4e
  2. #5fae4e
  3. #4e8fae
  4. #9d4eae

Monochromatic

  1. #442b1f
  2. #794c36
  3. #ae6d4e
  4. #c79882
  5. #dec3b6

Shades

#ae6d4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae6d4e
  2. #9d6246
  3. #8b573e
  4. #7a4c37
  5. #68412f
  6. #573727
  7. #462c1f
  8. #342117
  9. #231610
  10. #110b08
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae6d4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae6d4e
  2. #b67c60
  3. #be8a71
  4. #c69983
  5. #cea795
  6. #d7b6a7
  7. #dfc5b8
  8. #e7d3ca
  9. #efe2dc
  10. #f7f0ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae6d4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae6d4e
  2. #a96f53
  3. #a57158
  4. #a0735d
  5. #9c7562
  6. #977767
  7. #92786c
  8. #8e7a71
  9. #897c76
  10. #857e7b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #93776d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7e754b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8e824e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bd6165 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #94724c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9c7a4e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7665d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae6d4e {
  color: #ae6d4e;
}
Background
.bg-ae6d4e {
  background-color: #ae6d4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae6d4e {
  border: 2px solid #ae6d4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae6d4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 109 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 19 38% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae6d4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae6d4e, #ae9d4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae6d4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 109 78 / 0.35);
}

#a67b5b Cafe au Lait ΔE 6.67 #b87333 Copper ΔE 8.88 #a0522d Sienna ΔE 9.22 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 10.31 #a45a52 Redwood ΔE 10.46 #d2691e Chocolate ΔE 10.66 #cc5500 Burnt Orange ΔE 11.38 #5192b1 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Cafe au Lait
#ae6d4e  rgb(174, 109, 78)  hsl(19, 38%, 49%)  Cafe au Lait
#4e8fae  rgb(78, 143, 174)  hsl(199, 38%, 49%)  Air Force Blue
#4eae6d  rgb(78, 174, 109)  hsl(139, 38%, 49%)  Medium Sea Green
#6d4eae  rgb(109, 78, 174)  hsl(259, 38%, 49%)  Royal Purple