#8a7442

Color #8a7442

A muted medium orange.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 21.97 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 12

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Conversions

HEX

#8a7442

RGB

rgb(138, 116, 66)

HSL

hsl(41.7, 35.3%, 40%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(41.7, 52.2%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 52.2%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(49.84, 1.78, 30.64)

LCH

lch(49.84, 30.69, 86.68)

OKLCH

oklch(56.8%, 0.0735, 86.33)

HWB

hwb(41.7, 25.9%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#42588a

Analogous

#8a5042

#8a7442

#7c8a42

Triadic

#8a7442

#428a74

#74428a

Split-complementary

#8a7442

#427c8a

#50428a

Tetradic

#8a7442

#588a42

#42588a

#74428a

Square

#8a7442

#428a50

#42588a

#8a427c

Shades

Color #8a7442 mixed toward black.

#736137

#5c4d2c

#453a21

#2e2716

#17130b

Tints

Color #8a7442 mixed toward white.

#ad9152

#bda775

#cebd97

#ded3ba

#efe9dc

Tones

Color #8a7442 mixed toward gray.

#847248

#7e6f4e

#786d54

#726b5a

#6c6860

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#818152 · ΔE 9

Deuteranopia

#828455 · ΔE 10

Tritanopia

#895c5e · ΔE 24.8

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 18.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a7442;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a7442]

Related colors

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Goldenrod #daa520

Floral White #fffaf0

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Wheat #f5deb3

Orange #ffa500

Frequently asked questions

#8a7442 (#8a7442) is rgb(138, 116, 66) in RGB.

No, #8a7442 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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