HEX atlas value

#9F9375

#9F9375 is a warm orange HEX color close to Driftwood. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 159, 147, 117, HSL 43, 18%, 54%, has luminance 0.2952, and belongs to the muted and earth tone groups.

orange warm muted earth-tone

#9F9375 Sample readable text

HEX #9F9375

RGB rgb(159, 147, 117)

HSL hsl(43 18% 54%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 8, 26, 38)

Luminance 0.2952

Contrast Black 6.9:1White 3.04:1

CSS

--color-9f9375: #9F9375;
.background-9f9375 { background-color: #9F9375; }
.text-9f9375 { color: #9F9375; }

Luminance0.2952

Black text6.9:1AA Pass

White text3.04:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#9F9375","rgb":[159,147,117],"hsl":[43,18,54],"cmyk":[0,8,26,38],"luminance":0.2952,"contrast":{"black":6.9,"white":3.04}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":6.9,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":3.04,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#C4BDAB","hex":"#C4BDAB","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.21,"contrastWhite":1.87,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#B99E5B","hex":"#B99E5B","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.1,"contrastWhite":2.59,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"Driftwood","hex":"#A69A8D","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.63,"contrastWhite":2.75,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"#969F75","hex":"#969F75","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.51,"contrastWhite":2.8,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"Primer Gray","hex":"#8B8C89","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":6.21,"contrastWhite":3.38,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":[]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","muted","earth tone","muted orange","earth tone orange","Driftwood adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes","natural palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/9f9375.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/driftwood.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/warm-gray.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/stone.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#75819F","analogous":["#9F7E75","#969F75"],"triadic":["#759F93","#93759F"],"tetradic":["#759F7E","#75819F","#9F7596"],"splitComplementary":["#75969F","#7E759F"],"monochromatic":["#C4BDAB","#9F9375","#6C634B"]}

Variants

{"light":"#C4BDAB","dark":"#6C634B","saturated":"#B99E5B","desaturated":"#8A8A8A","pastel":"#CBCAC8","neon":"#FFC83D"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"driftwood","name":"Driftwood","hex":"#A69A8D","distance":25.96150997149434},{"slug":"warm-gray","name":"Warm Gray","hex":"#8A8378","distance":26.570660511172846},{"slug":"stone","name":"Stone","hex":"#8A817C","distance":28.53068523537421},{"slug":"primer-gray","name":"Primer Gray","hex":"#8B8C89","distance":29.13760456866693},{"slug":"titanium","name":"Titanium","hex":"#878681","distance":29.816103031751148}]

HEX meaning and use

About #9F9375

#9F9375 is classified as a warm orange value with muted and earth tone visual character. #9F9375 is visually closest to Driftwood, a named orange color with HEX #A69A8D.

The RGB channels are 159, 147, and 117, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 43deg with 18% saturation and 54% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and muted interface themes. Its luminance is 0.2952, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 25.96, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text6.9:1AA Pass

White text3.04:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #9F9375 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000006.9:1 · AA

White text#FFFFFF3.04:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#C4BDAB#000000 text · best 11.21:1#C4BDAB

#B99E5B#000000 text · best 8.1:1#B99E5B

Driftwood#000000 text · best 7.63:1#A69A8D

#969F75#000000 text · best 7.51:1#969F75

Primer Gray#000000 text · best 6.21:1#8B8C89

Generated Palette

#9F9375#9F9375

#75819F#75819F

#9F7E75#9F7E75

#969F75#969F75

#C4BDAB#C4BDAB

#6C634B#6C634B

Color Harmonies

#75819F#75819F

#9F7E75#9F7E75

#969F75#969F75

#759F93#759F93

#93759F#93759F

Variants

#C4BDAB#C4BDAB

#6C634B#6C634B

#B99E5B#B99E5B

#8A8A8A#8A8A8A

#CBCAC8#CBCAC8

#FFC83D#FFC83D

Nearest Named Colors

Driftwood#A69A8D

Warm Gray#8A8378

Stone#8A817C

Primer Gray#8B8C89

Titanium#878681

#9F9375

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #9F9375

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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