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#BB8056

#bb8056 ≈ Cafe au Lait

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bb8056 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 50.2% green and 33.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 31.55% magenta, 54.01% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 24.95°, with 42.62% saturation and 53.53% 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 6.34:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cafe au Lait (#a67b5b), ΔE 5.22.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.2668

Complementary

  1. #bb8056
  2. #5691bb

Split complementary

  1. #bb8056
  2. #56bbb3
  3. #565ebb

Analogous

  1. #bb565e
  2. #bb8056
  3. #bbb356

Triadic

  1. #bb8056
  2. #56bb80
  3. #8056bb

Tetradic

  1. #bb8056
  2. #91bb56
  3. #5691bb
  4. #8056bb

Square

  1. #bb8056
  2. #5ebb56
  3. #5691bb
  4. #b356bb

Monochromatic

  1. #563822
  2. #8c5b38
  3. #bb8056
  4. #d1a98d
  5. #e7d2c3

Shades

#bb8056 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb8056
  2. #a8734d
  3. #966645
  4. #835a3c
  5. #704d34
  6. #5e402b
  7. #4b3322
  8. #38261a
  9. #251a11
  10. #130d09
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb8056 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb8056
  2. #c28d67
  3. #c99978
  4. #cfa689
  5. #d6b39a
  6. #ddc0ab
  7. #e4ccbb
  8. #ebd9cc
  9. #f1e6dd
  10. #f8f2ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb8056 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb8056
  2. #b5805a
  3. #af805e
  4. #a98063
  5. #a38067
  6. #9e806b
  7. #98806f
  8. #928073
  9. #8c8078
  10. #86807c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8d8d8d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a1887b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #918553 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9f9256 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ca7476 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a48354 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ab8b56 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4796a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb8056 {
  color: #bb8056;
}
Background
.bg-bb8056 {
  background-color: #bb8056;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb8056 {
  border: 2px solid #bb8056;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb8056;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 128 86;
  --color-primary-hsl: 25 43% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb8056 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb8056, #bbb356);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb8056 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 128 86 / 0.35);
}

#a67b5b Cafe au Lait ΔE 5.22 #d68a59 Raw Sienna ΔE 5.86 #b87333 Copper ΔE 6.27 #cd853f Peru ΔE 6.66 #d99058 Persian Orange ΔE 7.16 #cd7f32 Bronze ΔE 7.40 #cc7722 Ochre ΔE 8.46 #447fa9 Inverted #8d8d8d Grayscale 

Cafe au Lait
#bb8056  rgb(187, 128, 86)  hsl(25, 43%, 54%)  Cafe au Lait
#5691bb  rgb(86, 145, 187)  hsl(205, 43%, 54%)  Air Force Blue
#56bb80  rgb(86, 187, 128)  hsl(145, 43%, 54%)  Medium Sea Green
#8056bb  rgb(128, 86, 187)  hsl(265, 43%, 54%)  Royal Purple