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#9C7556

#9c7556 ≈ Cafe au Lait

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#9c7556 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.18% red, 45.88% green and 33.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 44.87% yellow and 38.82% black. Its hue angle is 26.57°, with 28.93% saturation and 47.45% 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 5.09:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cafe au Lait (#a67b5b), ΔE 2.84.

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Web safe#996666
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Relative luminance0.2046

Complementary

  1. #9c7556
  2. #567d9c

Split complementary

  1. #9c7556
  2. #569c98
  3. #565a9c

Analogous

  1. #9c565a
  2. #9c7556
  3. #9c9856

Triadic

  1. #9c7556
  2. #569c75
  3. #75569c

Tetradic

  1. #9c7556
  2. #7d9c56
  3. #567d9c
  4. #75569c

Square

  1. #9c7556
  2. #5a9c56
  3. #567d9c
  4. #98569c

Monochromatic

  1. #392b20
  2. #6b503b
  3. #9c7556
  4. #bb9c84
  5. #d6c4b5

Shades

#9c7556 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9c7556
  2. #8c694d
  3. #7d5e45
  4. #6d523c
  5. #5e4634
  6. #4e3b2b
  7. #3e2f22
  8. #2f231a
  9. #1f1711
  10. #100c09
  11. #000000

Tints

#9c7556 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9c7556
  2. #a68367
  3. #b09178
  4. #ba9e89
  5. #c4ac9a
  6. #cebaab
  7. #d7c8bb
  8. #e1d6cc
  9. #ebe3dd
  10. #f5f1ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9c7556 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9c7556
  2. #99765a
  3. #96775e
  4. #947863
  5. #917967
  6. #8e7b6b
  7. #8b7c6f
  8. #887d73
  9. #867e78
  10. #837f7c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8a7a6f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #817854 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8a8056 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a76d6d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8c7755 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #927c56 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a37065 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9c7556 {
  color: #9c7556;
}
Background
.bg-9c7556 {
  background-color: #9c7556;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9c7556 {
  border: 2px solid #9c7556;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9c7556;
  --color-primary-rgb: 156 117 86;
  --color-primary-hsl: 27 29% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9c7556 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9c7556, #9c9856);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9c7556 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(156 117 86 / 0.35);
}

#a67b5b Cafe au Lait ΔE 2.84 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 6.55 #826644 Raw Umber ΔE 8.30 #b87333 Copper ΔE 9.42 #996515 Golden Brown ΔE 11.68 #b06500 Ginger ΔE 12.78 #cd853f Peru ΔE 13.05 #638aa9 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Cafe au Lait
#9c7556  rgb(156, 117, 86)  hsl(27, 29%, 47%)  Cafe au Lait
#567d9c  rgb(86, 125, 156)  hsl(207, 29%, 47%)  Steel Blue
#569c75  rgb(86, 156, 117)  hsl(147, 29%, 47%)  Jungle Green
#75569c  rgb(117, 86, 156)  hsl(267, 29%, 47%)  Royal Purple