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#E7C8A9

#e7c8a9 ≈ Desert Sand

  • orange
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#e7c8a9 is a color from the orange family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.59% red, 78.43% green and 66.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.42% magenta, 26.84% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 30°, with 56.36% saturation and 78.43% 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 13.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Desert Sand (#edc9af), ΔE 3.21.

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Relative luminance0.6116

Complementary

  1. #e7c8a9
  2. #a9c8e7

Split complementary

  1. #e7c8a9
  2. #a9e7e7
  3. #a9a9e7

Analogous

  1. #e7a9a9
  2. #e7c8a9
  3. #e7e7a9

Triadic

  1. #e7c8a9
  2. #a9e7c8
  3. #c8a9e7

Tetradic

  1. #e7c8a9
  2. #c8e7a9
  3. #a9c8e7
  4. #c8a9e7

Square

  1. #e7c8a9
  2. #a9e7a9
  3. #a9c8e7
  4. #e7a9e7

Monochromatic

  1. #c17b36
  2. #d6a26d
  3. #e7c8a9
  4. #f8eee5
  5. #fbf5ef

Shades

#e7c8a9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e7c8a9
  2. #d0b498
  3. #b9a087
  4. #a28c76
  5. #8b7865
  6. #746455
  7. #5c5044
  8. #453c33
  9. #2e2822
  10. #171411
  11. #000000

Tints

#e7c8a9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e7c8a9
  2. #e9ceb2
  3. #ecd3ba
  4. #eed9c3
  5. #f1decb
  6. #f3e4d4
  7. #f5e9dd
  8. #f8efe5
  9. #faf4ee
  10. #fdfaf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e7c8a9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e7c8a9
  2. #ddc1a5
  3. #d2baa1
  4. #c8b29d
  5. #beab99
  6. #b4a495
  7. #a99d90
  8. #9f968c
  9. #958e88
  10. #8a8784
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d8cbc0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3c9a7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dad0aa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f2c1bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbc9a8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfcda9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eec4b7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e7c8a9 {
  color: #e7c8a9;
}
Background
.bg-e7c8a9 {
  background-color: #e7c8a9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e7c8a9 {
  border: 2px solid #e7c8a9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e7c8a9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 231 200 169;
  --color-primary-hsl: 30 56% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e7c8a9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e7c8a9, #e7e7a9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e7c8a9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(231 200 169 / 0.35);
}

#edc9af Desert Sand ΔE 3.21 #fdd5b1 Light Apricot ΔE 4.29 #ffdab9 Peach Puff ΔE 4.77 #fbceb1 Apricot ΔE 5.42 #fad6a5 Sunset ΔE 5.92 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 6.15 #deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 6.34 #183756 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Desert Sand
#e7c8a9  rgb(231, 200, 169)  hsl(30, 56%, 78%)  Desert Sand
#a9c8e7  rgb(169, 200, 231)  hsl(210, 56%, 78%)  Light Steel Blue
#a9e7c8  rgb(169, 231, 200)  hsl(150, 56%, 78%)  Seafoam Green
#c8a9e7  rgb(200, 169, 231)  hsl(270, 56%, 78%)  Wisteria