Café Au Lait (#A67B5B)

The hex code for Café Au Lait is #A67B5B. It is rgb(166, 123, 91) in RGB, hsl(26, 30%, 50%) in HSL, and about cmyk(0%, 26%, 45%, 35%) in CMYK — a mid-tone orange. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

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HEX#A67B5B

RGBrgb(166, 123, 91)

HSLhsl(26, 30%, 50%)

HSVhsv(26, 45%, 65%)

CMYKcmyk(0%, 26%, 45%, 35%)

OKLCHoklch(61.8% 0.07 57.7)

LABlab(55.40% 14.24 24.37)

LCHlch(55.40% 28.23 59.70)

Colors Closest to Café Au Lait

Café Au Lait is a registered color name, also listed as French Beige, Tuscan Tan. These are the named colors nearest to it, measured as CIE76 distance in CIELAB — a perceptual scale, so the ordering matches what the eye sees rather than how close the raw RGB numbers happen to sit.

Dirt#9B7653ΔE 3.84 Liver Chestnut#987456ΔE 4.82 Pale Brown#987654ΔE 4.91 Blast-off Bronze#A57164ΔE 10.46 French Bister(french Bistre)#856D4DΔE 11.28 Brown Sugar#AF6E4DΔE 11.35

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#A67B5B Channel Values

How Café Au Lait breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

Model	Channels	Notes
RGB	R 166 · G 123 · B 91	8-bit channels as sent to the display
HSL	H 26° · S 30% · L 50%	Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSV	H 26° · S 45% · V 65%	Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYK	C 0% · M 26% · Y 45% · K 35%	Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance	3.75:1 vs white · 5.61:1 vs black	WCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a Café Au Lait background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text3.75:1AA normal ✗AA large ✓AAA normal ✗

TextBlack text5.61:1AA normal ✓AA large ✓AAA normal ✗

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Colors That Go With Café Au Lait

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite Café Au Lait; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Tints & Shades of Café Au Lait

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

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How Café Au Lait Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#A67B5B

Protanopia#84845B

Protanomaly#93805B

Deuteranopia#8B8B59

Deuteranomaly#97855A

Tritanopia#A87878

Tritanomaly#A7796D

Achromatopsia#848484

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Using #A67B5B in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--caf-au-lait: #A67B5B;

CSS backgroundbackground-color: #A67B5B;

Tailwind configcolors: { 'caf-au-lait': '#A67B5B' }

SwiftUIColor(red: 0.651, green: 0.482, blue: 0.357)

Android XML<color name="caf_au_lait">#A67B5B</color>

SVG fillfill="#A67B5B"

More Orange Colors

Café Au Lait sits in the orangefamily. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

a97142 9f8170 a99a86 9b7653 af6e4d 987654 b87333 987456 b88747 967969 bb7530 8b7d6b cf7b54 e06f1f e74e14 edc9af f4f0ec faebd7 fe9a00 ff7a00 ffa500 ffbe57 ffddd1 ffedd1

#A67B5B Frequently Asked Questions

What is the hex code for Café Au Lait?

The hex code for Café Au Lait is #A67B5B. That is rgb(166, 123, 91) in RGB, hsl(26, 30%, 50%) in HSL, and approximately cmyk(0%, 26%, 45%, 35%) in CMYK.

What is the RGB value of #A67B5B?

#A67B5B is rgb(166, 123, 91) — red 166, green 123, and blue 91 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #A67B5B?

#A67B5B converts to approximately cmyk(0%, 26%, 45%, 35%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #A67B5B be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #A67B5B scores 3.75:1 against white and 5.61:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #A67B5B as a CSS color keyword?

No. #A67B5B is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is rosybrown (#BC8F8F) at a CIE76 distance of 19.62, which is visibly different.

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