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#AEA293

Mushroom · light warm orange

About #AEA293

With the hex code #AEA293, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 68% red, 64% green and 58% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 16% yellow and 32% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Mushroom — a ΔE of 3.9 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #939FAE, a dusty blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 8.39:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red174
Green162
Blue147

Closest named colours

Mushroom
#A39B90 · ΔE 3.9
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 5.1
Khaki
#C3B091 · ΔE 10.5

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

Text on #AEA293

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on mushroom #AEA293.
2.50:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on mushroom #AEA293.
8.39:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #AEA293 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#AEA293
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A7A292
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#AAA593
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B39F9E

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #AEA293?

With the hex code #AEA293, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 68% red, 64% green and 58% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 16% yellow and 32% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #AEA293?

Use black text. Black on #AEA293 has a contrast ratio of 8.39:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #AEA293?

Its complementary colour is #939FAE, and analogous partners are #AE9493 and #ADAE93.