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#9B8564

#9b8564 ≈ Cafe au Lait

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#9b8564 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60.78% red, 52.16% green and 39.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.19% magenta, 35.48% yellow and 39.22% black. Its hue angle is 36°, with 21.57% saturation and 50% 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 5.93:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cafe au Lait (#a67b5b), ΔE 8.11.

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Relative luminance0.2466

Complementary

  1. #9b8564
  2. #647a9b

Split complementary

  1. #9b8564
  2. #64969b
  3. #69649b

Analogous

  1. #9b6964
  2. #9b8564
  3. #969b64

Triadic

  1. #9b8564
  2. #649b85
  3. #85649b

Tetradic

  1. #9b8564
  2. #7a9b64
  3. #647a9b
  4. #85649b

Square

  1. #9b8564
  2. #649b69
  3. #647a9b
  4. #9b6496

Monochromatic

  1. #3e3528
  2. #6d5d46
  3. #9b8564
  4. #b9aa92
  5. #d7cec1

Shades

#9b8564 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9b8564
  2. #8c785a
  3. #7c6a50
  4. #6d5d46
  5. #5d503c
  6. #4e4332
  7. #3e3528
  8. #2f281e
  9. #1f1b14
  10. #100d0a
  11. #000000

Tints

#9b8564 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9b8564
  2. #a59174
  3. #af9d83
  4. #b9aa93
  5. #c3b6a2
  6. #cdc2b2
  7. #d7cec1
  8. #e1dad1
  9. #ebe7e0
  10. #f5f3f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9b8564 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9b8564
  2. #988567
  3. #96846a
  4. #93846c
  5. #90836f
  6. #8e8372
  7. #8b8275
  8. #888278
  9. #85817a
  10. #83817d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #90877b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8e8562 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #938a65 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a47f7c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #938563 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #968864 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a08173 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9b8564 {
  color: #9b8564;
}
Background
.bg-9b8564 {
  background-color: #9b8564;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9b8564 {
  border: 2px solid #9b8564;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9b8564;
  --color-primary-rgb: 155 133 100;
  --color-primary-hsl: 36 22% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9b8564 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9b8564, #969b64);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9b8564 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(155 133 100 / 0.35);
}

#a67b5b Cafe au Lait ΔE 8.11 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 8.55 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 9.73 #826644 Raw Umber ΔE 11.93 #b87333 Copper ΔE 13.45 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 13.89 #cd853f Peru ΔE 14.27 #647a9b Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Cafe au Lait
#9b8564  rgb(155, 133, 100)  hsl(36, 22%, 50%)  Cafe au Lait
#647a9b  rgb(100, 122, 155)  hsl(216, 22%, 50%)  Glaucous
#649b85  rgb(100, 155, 133)  hsl(156, 22%, 50%)  Jungle Green
#85649b  rgb(133, 100, 155)  hsl(276, 22%, 50%)  Purple Mountain Majesty