Café Au Lait is pale, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green
| Inverse Color | #5a83a4 |
| Complementary Color | #5a83a5 |
| Color Shade: | warm red (26.76° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 50.2% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Café Au Lait Color. The Spiced Mustard color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Earthenware (#a89373) for more calm effect. Try Amber Leaf as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#5a83a5 is the best complementary color to Café Au Lait. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a57c5b complementary color is Horizon, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Barley Corn are #a55a5e and #a5a15a. Thus found on the left and right of #a57c5b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Au Chico and Barley Corn colors as they work well with Café Au Lait.
The split-complementary Café Au Lait palette consists of #5a5fa5 and #5aa5a1 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5a83a5). Try Scampi and Breaker Bay colors in combination with #a57c5b, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #a57c5b offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Café Au Lait. Thus Deluge and Aqua Forest giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Café Au Lait contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Horizon, Fruit Salad, and Trendy Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #a57c5b square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Café Au Lait tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#5a83a5) and two others. The Aqua Forest is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tapestry – 120° from the complementary Horizon. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5aa57b and #a55a83.
In a RGB color space, hex #a57c5b is made of 43% red, 33% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Café Au Lait has a hue angle of 26.76°, a saturation of 29.13% and a lightness of 50.2%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a57c5b is made of 0% cyan, 16.08% magenta, 29.02% yellow and 35.29% black ink.
| HEX | #a57c5b |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(165,124,91) |
| RGB Percentage | 43%, 33%, 24% |
| CMYK | 0, 16.08, 29.02, 35.29 |
| HSL | hsl(26.76,29.13%,50.2%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(26.76,44.85%,64.71%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(55.247,11.5986,24.1746) |
| XYZ | xyz(24.613,23.17,13.0725) |