Woodhaven #9E7B6C

Woodhaven (#9E7B6C) is a mid-tone, muted red with an OKLCH hue of 44°, lightness 0.61 and chroma 0.049. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a mid-weight working color for secondary surfaces and editorial blocks.

Color values

HEX#9E7B6C
RGBrgb(158, 123, 108)
HSLhsl(18, 20%, 52%)
HSVhsv(18, 32%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 22%, 32%, 38%)
CIE Lablab(54.6 11.4 13.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.613 0.049 44)

How Woodhaven behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Woodhaven shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.3), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Test Woodhaven in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 3.82:1 and against black 5.5:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Woodhaven

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#f2d5c8 · #ccac9e · #9e7b6c · #816153 · #5b3f34 · #372117

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#bea47f · #b58d6c · #9e7b6c · #97635b · #815257 · #6b4351

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#d0c28a · #a9a388 · #9e7b6c · #865b48 · #66402f · #373118

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#ffe6dc · #82c3dd · #9e7b6c · #70605a · #593f33 · #35251f

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#ebf3f7 · #a89d98 · #9e7b6c · #656b6d · #342924 · #000102

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#fdeee8 · #d9c8c0 · #9e7b6c · #3f291f · #1c0701 · #f0773c

Gold Accent

The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.

#fdeee8 · #d9c8c0 · #9e7b6c · #3f291f · #1c0701 · #d8c64e

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#e3f5fd · #76a8bb · #9e7b6c · #32738a · #003140 · #0c0100

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#e3f5fd · #72abaa · #9e7b6c · #4b6c94 · #003333 · #000108

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#e5f7ee · #7cac96 · #9e7b6c · #656494 · #28264a · #000502

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#ecf5e6 · #90a882 · #9e7b6c · #32738a · #372142 · #00050a

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#AE8E80 · #BDA195 · #CDB5AB · #DDC9C1 · #EDDED7

Shades

#846457 · #6A4F43 · #523A2F · #3A261D · #24140C

Muted

#997D71 · #937F76 · #8E817B

Using Woodhaven

Its moderate chroma lets it work in mid-size areas — upholstery, secondary UI surfaces, editorial blocks — without overwhelming neighbors. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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