#8a6b37

Color #8a6b37

A moderately saturated dark orange.

Closest named color Sienna #a0522d · ΔE 23.69 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-700 #a65f00 · ΔE 11

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Conversions

HEX

#8a6b37

RGB

rgb(138, 107, 55)

HSL

hsl(37.6, 43%, 37.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.6, 60.1%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 60.1%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(47.23, 5.98, 33.44)

LCH

lch(47.23, 33.97, 79.86)

OKLCH

oklch(54.7%, 0.0799, 78.75)

HWB

hwb(37.6, 21.6%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#37568a

Analogous

#8a4137

#8a6b37

#7f8a37

Triadic

#8a6b37

#378a6b

#6b378a

Split-complementary

#8a6b37

#377f8a

#41378a

Tetradic

#8a6b37

#568a37

#37568a

#6b378a

Square

#8a6b37

#378a41

#37568a

#8a377f

Shades

Color #8a6b37 mixed toward black.

#73592e

#5c4725

#45351b

#2e2412

#171209

Tints

Color #8a6b37 mixed toward white.

#b08846

#c3a168

#d2b88e

#e1d0b3

#f0e7d9

Tones

Color #8a6b37 mixed toward gray.

#83693e

#7c6745

#75664c

#6e6453

#676259

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.24:1

White text reads better on this background (4.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7d48 · ΔE 12.1

Deuteranopia

#7f824b · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#895255 · ΔE 24.3

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 19.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a6b37;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a6b37]

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Frequently asked questions

#8a6b37 (#8a6b37) is rgb(138, 107, 55) in RGB.

No, #8a6b37 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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