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#D8BEAA

#d8beaa ≈ Desert Sand

  • orange
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#d8beaa is a color from the orange family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 84.71% red, 74.51% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.04% magenta, 21.3% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 26.09°, with 37.1% saturation and 75.69% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Desert Sand (#edc9af), ΔE 4.51.

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Relative luminance0.5433

Complementary

  1. #d8beaa
  2. #aac4d8

Split complementary

  1. #d8beaa
  2. #aad8d5
  3. #aaadd8

Analogous

  1. #d8aaad
  2. #d8beaa
  3. #d8d5aa

Triadic

  1. #d8beaa
  2. #aad8be
  3. #beaad8

Tetradic

  1. #d8beaa
  2. #c4d8aa
  3. #aac4d8
  4. #beaad8

Square

  1. #d8beaa
  2. #add8aa
  3. #aac4d8
  4. #d5aad8

Monochromatic

  1. #a06f49
  2. #c09676
  3. #d8beaa
  4. #f0e6de
  5. #f9f4f1

Shades

#d8beaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d8beaa
  2. #c2ab99
  3. #ad9888
  4. #978577
  5. #827266
  6. #6c5f55
  7. #564c44
  8. #413933
  9. #2b2622
  10. #161311
  11. #000000

Tints

#d8beaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d8beaa
  2. #dcc5b3
  3. #e0cbbb
  4. #e4d2c4
  5. #e8d8cc
  6. #ecdfd5
  7. #efe5dd
  8. #f3ece6
  9. #f7f2ee
  10. #fbf9f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d8beaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d8beaa
  2. #cfb8a6
  3. #c6b2a2
  4. #beab9d
  5. #b5a599
  6. #ac9f95
  7. #a39991
  8. #9a938d
  9. #928c88
  10. #898684
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccc1b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6bfa9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccc5aa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e1b9b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cdbfa9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d1c2aa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ddbbb3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d8beaa {
  color: #d8beaa;
}
Background
.bg-d8beaa {
  background-color: #d8beaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d8beaa {
  border: 2px solid #d8beaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d8beaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 216 190 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 26 37% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d8beaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d8beaa, #d8d5aa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d8beaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(216 190 170 / 0.35);
}

#edc9af Desert Sand ΔE 4.51 #ebc2af Zinnwaldite ΔE 5.74 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 7.25 #fbceb1 Apricot ΔE 7.36 #fdd5b1 Light Apricot ΔE 8.13 #ffddca Unbleached Silk ΔE 8.31 #ffdab9 Peach Puff ΔE 8.32 #274155 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Desert Sand
#d8beaa  rgb(216, 190, 170)  hsl(26, 37%, 76%)  Desert Sand
#aac4d8  rgb(170, 196, 216)  hsl(206, 37%, 76%)  Light Steel Blue
#aad8be  rgb(170, 216, 190)  hsl(146, 37%, 76%)  Seafoam Green
#beaad8  rgb(190, 170, 216)  hsl(266, 37%, 76%)  Wisteria