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African Sand

#CCAA86

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.17:1Fails

Black text

9.11:1AAA

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About African Sand

African Sand (#CCAA86) is a light muted orange. Its RGB value is 204, 170, 134 and its HSL value is 31°, 41%, 66%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 9.11:1 (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

#CCAA86 · #86A8CC

Analogous

#CC8786 · #CCAA86 · #CBCC86

Triadic

#CCAA86 · #86CCAA · #AA86CC

Split complementary

#CCAA86 · #86CBCC · #8786CC

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