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#AA8564

#aa8564 ≈ Cafe au Lait

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aa8564 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 52.16% green and 39.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.76% magenta, 41.18% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 28.29°, with 29.17% saturation and 52.94% 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 6.25:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cafe au Lait (#a67b5b), ΔE 3.71.

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Relative luminance0.2624

Complementary

  1. #aa8564
  2. #6489aa

Split complementary

  1. #aa8564
  2. #64aaa8
  3. #6466aa

Analogous

  1. #aa6466
  2. #aa8564
  3. #aaa864

Triadic

  1. #aa8564
  2. #64aa85
  3. #8564aa

Tetradic

  1. #aa8564
  2. #89aa64
  3. #6489aa
  4. #8564aa

Square

  1. #aa8564
  2. #66aa64
  3. #6489aa
  4. #a864aa

Monochromatic

  1. #4c3a29
  2. #7d5f45
  3. #aa8564
  4. #c5ac95
  5. #e0d3c7

Shades

#aa8564 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa8564
  2. #99785a
  3. #886a50
  4. #775d46
  5. #66503c
  6. #554332
  7. #443528
  8. #33281e
  9. #221b14
  10. #110d0a
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa8564 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa8564
  2. #b39174
  3. #bb9d83
  4. #c4aa93
  5. #ccb6a2
  6. #d5c2b2
  7. #ddcec1
  8. #e6dad1
  9. #eee7e0
  10. #f7f3f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa8564 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa8564
  2. #a68567
  3. #a2846a
  4. #9d846c
  5. #99836f
  6. #958372
  7. #918275
  8. #8d8278
  9. #88817a
  10. #84817d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8c8c8c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #99897e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #918762 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #998f65 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b57d7c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9b8663 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a08b64 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b18073 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa8564 {
  color: #aa8564;
}
Background
.bg-aa8564 {
  background-color: #aa8564;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa8564 {
  border: 2px solid #aa8564;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa8564;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 133 100;
  --color-primary-hsl: 28 29% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa8564 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa8564, #aaa864);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa8564 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 133 100 / 0.35);
}

#a67b5b Cafe au Lait ΔE 3.71 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 5.97 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 7.81 #b87333 Copper ΔE 9.99 #d68a59 Raw Sienna ΔE 10.37 #cd853f Peru ΔE 10.45 #d99058 Persian Orange ΔE 10.86 #557a9b Inverted #8c8c8c Grayscale 

Cafe au Lait
#aa8564  rgb(170, 133, 100)  hsl(28, 29%, 53%)  Cafe au Lait
#6489aa  rgb(100, 137, 170)  hsl(208, 29%, 53%)  Air Force Blue
#64aa85  rgb(100, 170, 133)  hsl(148, 29%, 53%)  Mint
#8564aa  rgb(133, 100, 170)  hsl(268, 29%, 53%)  Royal Purple