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Warm Sand

#C5AE8E

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.14:1Fails

Black text

9.26:1AAA

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About Warm Sand

Warm Sand (#C5AE8E) is a light muted orange. Its RGB value is 197, 174, 142 and its HSL value is 35°, 32%, 66%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 9.26:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Warm Sand, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

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Complementary

#C5AE8E · #8EA5C5

Analogous

#C5938E · #C5AE8E · #C1C58E

Triadic

#C5AE8E · #8EC5AE · #AE8EC5

Split complementary

#C5AE8E · #8EC1C5 · #928EC5

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