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African Sand

#CCA98A

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.19:1Fails

Black text

9.06:1AAA

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About African Sand

African Sand (#CCA98A) is a light muted orange. Its RGB value is 204, 169, 138 and its HSL value is 28°, 39%, 67%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 9.06:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of African Sand, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

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Complementary

#CCA98A · #8AADCC

Analogous

#CC8A8C · #CCA98A · #CCCA8A

Triadic

#CCA98A · #8ACCA9 · #A98ACC

Split complementary

#CCA98A · #8ACCCA · #8A8CCC

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