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#AA968E

Mushroom · light warm orange

About #AA968E

With the hex code #AA968E, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 67% red, 59% green and 56% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 12% magenta, 16% yellow and 33% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Mushroom — a ΔE of 5.2 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #8EA2AA, a dusty blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 7.46:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red170
Green150
Blue142

Closest named colours

Mushroom
#A39B90 · ΔE 5.2
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 9.7
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 9.8

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #AA968E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on mushroom #AA968E.
2.81:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on mushroom #AA968E.
7.46:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #AA968E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#AA968E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#9B988D
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#9F9C8E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B09394

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #AA968E?

With the hex code #AA968E, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 67% red, 59% green and 56% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 12% magenta, 16% yellow and 33% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #AA968E?

Use black text. Black on #AA968E has a contrast ratio of 7.46:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #AA968E?

Its complementary colour is #8EA2AA, and analogous partners are #AA8E94 and #AAA48E.