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#AF6B4E

#af6b4e ≈ Cafe au Lait

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#af6b4e is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 41.96% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 38.86% magenta, 55.43% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 17.94°, with 38.34% saturation and 49.61% 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 5.04:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cafe au Lait (#a67b5b), ΔE 7.68.

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Web safe#996666
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Relative luminance0.2018

Complementary

  1. #af6b4e
  2. #4e92af

Split complementary

  1. #af6b4e
  2. #4eaf9c
  3. #4e62af

Analogous

  1. #af4e62
  2. #af6b4e
  3. #af9c4e

Triadic

  1. #af6b4e
  2. #4eaf6b
  3. #6b4eaf

Tetradic

  1. #af6b4e
  2. #92af4e
  3. #4e92af
  4. #6b4eaf

Square

  1. #af6b4e
  2. #62af4e
  3. #4e92af
  4. #9c4eaf

Monochromatic

  1. #452a1f
  2. #7a4b36
  3. #af6b4e
  4. #c79782
  5. #dfc3b7

Shades

#af6b4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #af6b4e
  2. #9e6046
  3. #8c563e
  4. #7b4b37
  5. #69402f
  6. #583627
  7. #462b1f
  8. #352017
  9. #231510
  10. #120b08
  11. #000000

Tints

#af6b4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #af6b4e
  2. #b77a60
  3. #bf8971
  4. #c79783
  5. #cfa695
  6. #d7b5a7
  7. #dfc4b8
  8. #e7d3ca
  9. #efe1dc
  10. #f7f0ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#af6b4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #af6b4e
  2. #aa6d53
  3. #a66f58
  4. #a1715d
  5. #9c7362
  6. #987667
  7. #93786c
  8. #8e7a71
  9. #897c76
  10. #857e7b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #93766d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7d734c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8d824d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #be5f64 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #94704d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9c794e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b8645c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-af6b4e {
  color: #af6b4e;
}
Background
.bg-af6b4e {
  background-color: #af6b4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-af6b4e {
  border: 2px solid #af6b4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #af6b4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 107 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 18 38% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-af6b4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #af6b4e, #af9c4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-af6b4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 107 78 / 0.35);
}

#a67b5b Cafe au Lait ΔE 7.68 #a0522d Sienna ΔE 8.83 #a45a52 Redwood ΔE 9.46 #b87333 Copper ΔE 9.86 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 10.88 #d2691e Chocolate ΔE 11.04 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 11.21 #5094b1 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Cafe au Lait
#af6b4e  rgb(175, 107, 78)  hsl(18, 38%, 50%)  Cafe au Lait
#4e92af  rgb(78, 146, 175)  hsl(198, 38%, 50%)  Bondi Blue
#4eaf6b  rgb(78, 175, 107)  hsl(138, 38%, 50%)  Medium Sea Green
#6b4eaf  rgb(107, 78, 175)  hsl(258, 38%, 50%)  Royal Purple