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#9C8564

#9c8564 ≈ Cafe au Lait

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#9c8564 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.18% red, 52.16% green and 39.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.74% magenta, 35.9% yellow and 38.82% black. Its hue angle is 35.36°, with 22.05% saturation and 50.2% 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 5.95:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cafe au Lait (#a67b5b), ΔE 7.72.

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Relative luminance0.2476

Complementary

  1. #9c8564
  2. #647b9c

Split complementary

  1. #9c8564
  2. #64979c
  3. #69649c

Analogous

  1. #9c6964
  2. #9c8564
  3. #979c64

Triadic

  1. #9c8564
  2. #649c85
  3. #85649c

Tetradic

  1. #9c8564
  2. #7b9c64
  3. #647b9c
  4. #85649c

Square

  1. #9c8564
  2. #649c69
  3. #647b9c
  4. #9c6497

Monochromatic

  1. #3f3628
  2. #6e5d46
  3. #9c8564
  4. #baaa93
  5. #d8cec1

Shades

#9c8564 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9c8564
  2. #8c785a
  3. #7d6a50
  4. #6d5d46
  5. #5e503c
  6. #4e4332
  7. #3e3528
  8. #2f281e
  9. #1f1b14
  10. #100d0a
  11. #000000

Tints

#9c8564 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9c8564
  2. #a69174
  3. #b09d83
  4. #baaa93
  5. #c4b6a2
  6. #cec2b2
  7. #d7cec1
  8. #e1dad1
  9. #ebe7e0
  10. #f5f3f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9c8564 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9c8564
  2. #998567
  3. #96846a
  4. #94846c
  5. #91836f
  6. #8e8372
  7. #8b8275
  8. #888278
  9. #86817a
  10. #83817d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #91877b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8e8562 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #948b65 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a57f7c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #948563 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #978864 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a28173 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9c8564 {
  color: #9c8564;
}
Background
.bg-9c8564 {
  background-color: #9c8564;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9c8564 {
  border: 2px solid #9c8564;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9c8564;
  --color-primary-rgb: 156 133 100;
  --color-primary-hsl: 35 22% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9c8564 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9c8564, #979c64);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9c8564 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(156 133 100 / 0.35);
}

#a67b5b Cafe au Lait ΔE 7.72 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 8.24 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 9.49 #826644 Raw Umber ΔE 11.93 #b87333 Copper ΔE 13.15 #cd853f Peru ΔE 13.95 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 14.06 #637a9b Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Cafe au Lait
#9c8564  rgb(156, 133, 100)  hsl(35, 22%, 50%)  Cafe au Lait
#647b9c  rgb(100, 123, 156)  hsl(215, 22%, 50%)  Glaucous
#649c85  rgb(100, 156, 133)  hsl(155, 22%, 50%)  Jungle Green
#85649c  rgb(133, 100, 156)  hsl(275, 22%, 50%)  Purple Mountain Majesty