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#E8C8AD

#e8c8ad ≈ Desert Sand

  • orange
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#e8c8ad is a color from the orange family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 78.43% green and 67.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.79% magenta, 25.43% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 27.46°, with 56.19% saturation and 79.41% 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 13.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Desert Sand (#edc9af), ΔE 1.7.

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Relative luminance0.6148

Complementary

  1. #e8c8ad
  2. #adcde8

Split complementary

  1. #e8c8ad
  2. #ade8e5
  3. #adafe8

Analogous

  1. #e8adaf
  2. #e8c8ad
  3. #e8e5ad

Triadic

  1. #e8c8ad
  2. #ade8c8
  3. #c8ade8

Tetradic

  1. #e8c8ad
  2. #cde8ad
  3. #adcde8
  4. #c8ade8

Square

  1. #e8c8ad
  2. #afe8ad
  3. #adcde8
  4. #e5ade8

Monochromatic

  1. #c57837
  2. #d7a071
  3. #e8c8ad
  4. #f9f0e9
  5. #fbf4ef

Shades

#e8c8ad mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8c8ad
  2. #d1b49c
  3. #baa08a
  4. #a28c79
  5. #8b7868
  6. #746457
  7. #5d5045
  8. #463c34
  9. #2e2823
  10. #171411
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8c8ad mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8c8ad
  2. #eaceb5
  3. #edd3bd
  4. #efd9c6
  5. #f1dece
  6. #f4e4d6
  7. #f6e9de
  8. #f8efe6
  9. #faf4ef
  10. #fdfaf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8c8ad mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8c8ad
  2. #dec1a9
  3. #d3baa4
  4. #c9b2a0
  5. #beab9b
  6. #b4a497
  7. #aa9d92
  8. #9f968e
  9. #958e89
  10. #8a8785
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d9cbc1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2caab ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dad1ad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f3c1c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbc9ac ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e0cdad ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #efc4b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8c8ad {
  color: #e8c8ad;
}
Background
.bg-e8c8ad {
  background-color: #e8c8ad;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8c8ad {
  border: 2px solid #e8c8ad;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8c8ad;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 200 173;
  --color-primary-hsl: 27 56% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8c8ad {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8c8ad, #e8e5ad);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8c8ad {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 200 173 / 0.35);
}

#edc9af Desert Sand ΔE 1.70 #fbceb1 Apricot ΔE 4.41 #fdd5b1 Light Apricot ΔE 4.43 #ffdab9 Peach Puff ΔE 4.73 #ebc2af Zinnwaldite ΔE 5.43 #ffddca Unbleached Silk ΔE 6.23 #ffe4c4 Bisque ΔE 6.88 #173752 Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Desert Sand
#e8c8ad  rgb(232, 200, 173)  hsl(27, 56%, 79%)  Desert Sand
#adcde8  rgb(173, 205, 232)  hsl(207, 56%, 79%)  Pale Aqua
#ade8c8  rgb(173, 232, 200)  hsl(147, 56%, 79%)  Seafoam Green
#c8ade8  rgb(200, 173, 232)  hsl(267, 56%, 79%)  Wisteria