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#9A8564

#9a8564 ≈ Cafe au Lait

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#9a8564 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60.39% red, 52.16% green and 39.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.64% magenta, 35.06% yellow and 39.61% black. Its hue angle is 36.67°, with 21.26% saturation and 49.8% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons, food and restaurant brands and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.91:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cafe au Lait (#a67b5b), ΔE 8.51.

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Relative luminance0.2457

Complementary

  1. #9a8564
  2. #64799a

Split complementary

  1. #9a8564
  2. #64949a
  3. #6a649a

Analogous

  1. #9a6a64
  2. #9a8564
  3. #949a64

Triadic

  1. #9a8564
  2. #649a85
  3. #85649a

Tetradic

  1. #9a8564
  2. #799a64
  3. #64799a
  4. #85649a

Square

  1. #9a8564
  2. #649a6a
  3. #64799a
  4. #9a6494

Monochromatic

  1. #3d3528
  2. #6c5d46
  3. #9a8564
  4. #b8a992
  5. #d6cec1

Shades

#9a8564 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9a8564
  2. #8b785a
  3. #7b6a50
  4. #6c5d46
  5. #5c503c
  6. #4d4332
  7. #3e3528
  8. #2e281e
  9. #1f1b14
  10. #0f0d0a
  11. #000000

Tints

#9a8564 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9a8564
  2. #a49174
  3. #ae9d83
  4. #b8aa93
  5. #c2b6a2
  6. #cdc2b2
  7. #d7cec1
  8. #e1dad1
  9. #ebe7e0
  10. #f5f3f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9a8564 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9a8564
  2. #978567
  3. #95846a
  4. #92846c
  5. #90836f
  6. #8d8372
  7. #8a8275
  8. #888278
  9. #85817a
  10. #83817d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8f877b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8e8562 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #938a65 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a37f7c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #938563 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #968865 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9f8173 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9a8564 {
  color: #9a8564;
}
Background
.bg-9a8564 {
  background-color: #9a8564;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9a8564 {
  border: 2px solid #9a8564;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9a8564;
  --color-primary-rgb: 154 133 100;
  --color-primary-hsl: 37 21% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9a8564 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9a8564, #949a64);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9a8564 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(154 133 100 / 0.35);
}

#a67b5b Cafe au Lait ΔE 8.51 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 8.88 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 9.98 #826644 Raw Umber ΔE 11.96 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 13.72 #b87333 Copper ΔE 13.76 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 14.49 #657a9b Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Cafe au Lait
#9a8564  rgb(154, 133, 100)  hsl(37, 21%, 50%)  Cafe au Lait
#64799a  rgb(100, 121, 154)  hsl(217, 21%, 50%)  Glaucous
#649a85  rgb(100, 154, 133)  hsl(157, 21%, 50%)  Jungle Green
#85649a  rgb(133, 100, 154)  hsl(277, 21%, 50%)  Purple Mountain Majesty