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#BE8972

#be8972 ≈ Cafe au Lait

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#be8972 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.51% red, 53.73% green and 44.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 27.89% magenta, 40% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 18.16°, with 36.89% saturation and 59.61% 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 7.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cafe au Lait (#a67b5b), ΔE 7.77.

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Relative luminance0.3005

Complementary

  1. #be8972
  2. #72a7be

Split complementary

  1. #be8972
  2. #72beaf
  3. #7281be

Analogous

  1. #be7281
  2. #be8972
  3. #beaf72

Triadic

  1. #be8972
  2. #72be89
  3. #8972be

Tetradic

  1. #be8972
  2. #a7be72
  3. #72a7be
  4. #8972be

Square

  1. #be8972
  2. #81be72
  3. #72a7be
  4. #af72be

Monochromatic

  1. #674130
  2. #9c6148
  3. #be8972
  4. #d6b5a6
  5. #eee1db

Shades

#be8972 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #be8972
  2. #ab7b67
  3. #986e5b
  4. #856050
  5. #725244
  6. #5f4539
  7. #4c372e
  8. #392922
  9. #261b17
  10. #130e0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#be8972 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #be8972
  2. #c59580
  3. #cba18e
  4. #d2ac9c
  5. #d8b8aa
  6. #dfc4b9
  7. #e5d0c7
  8. #ecdcd5
  9. #f2e7e3
  10. #f9f3f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#be8972 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #be8972
  2. #b88873
  3. #b28775
  4. #ab8676
  5. #a58578
  6. #9f8579
  7. #99847a
  8. #93837c
  9. #8c827d
  10. #86817f
  11. #808080

Readable text 3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a79088 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #978e70 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a39972 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cb8083 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a88c71 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ae9372 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c6847c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-be8972 {
  color: #be8972;
}
Background
.bg-be8972 {
  background-color: #be8972;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-be8972 {
  border: 2px solid #be8972;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #be8972;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 137 114;
  --color-primary-hsl: 18 37% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-be8972 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #be8972, #beaf72);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-be8972 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 137 114 / 0.35);
}

#a67b5b Cafe au Lait ΔE 7.77 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 7.94 #d68a59 Raw Sienna ΔE 8.16 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 8.73 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 9.62 #d99058 Persian Orange ΔE 9.88 #deaa88 Tumbleweed ΔE 10.29 #41768d Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Cafe au Lait
#be8972  rgb(190, 137, 114)  hsl(18, 37%, 60%)  Cafe au Lait
#72a7be  rgb(114, 167, 190)  hsl(198, 37%, 60%)  Moonstone Blue
#72be89  rgb(114, 190, 137)  hsl(138, 37%, 60%)  Dark Sea Green
#8972be  rgb(137, 114, 190)  hsl(258, 37%, 60%)  Purple Mountain Majesty