What color is #9E7660?

#9E7660 is a grayish orange, closest to the named color Whisky Barrel. It belongs to the brown family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #9E7660?

The RGB value is 158, 118, 96: 158 red, 118 green and 96 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #9E7660?

The complementary color is #60889E, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #9E7660?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.21:1 and white text 4.03:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#9E7660 color

#9E7660 rgb(158, 118, 96)

Shades of brown

The hex color #9E7660 is a grayish orange.

In the RGB color model it is made of 62% red, 46.3% green and 37.6% blue (158, 118, 96).

Its hue angle is 21°, with 24% saturation and 50% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 39% yellow and 38% black.

The closest named color is Whisky Barrel (#96745B), a difference of 3.1 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.21:1).

#9E7660 color codes

HEX	`#9E7660`
RGB	`rgb(158, 118, 96)`
RGB percent	`rgb(62%, 46.3%, 37.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(21, 24%, 50%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(21, 39%, 62%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 25%, 39%, 38%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(53.03, 12.64, 18.22)`
CIE LCH	`lch(53.03, 22.18, 55.25)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(22.691, 21.072, 13.936)`
Decimal	`10384992`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #9E7660, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #9E7660	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.21:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.03:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#9E7660 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.03:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.21:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #9E7660 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #9e7660; }
.text { color: #9e7660; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9e7660; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(158 118 96 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #9e7660, #9e9560); }

Background

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Questions

What color is #9E7660?: #9E7660 is a grayish orange, closest to the named color Whisky Barrel. It belongs to the brown family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #9E7660?: The RGB value is 158, 118, 96: 158 red, 118 green and 96 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #9E7660?: The complementary color is #60889E, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #9E7660?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.21:1 and white text 4.03:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.