#8b5915

Color #8b5915

A vivid, highly saturated dark orange.

Closest named color Saddle Brown #8b4513 · ΔE 12.86 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-800 #894b00 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8b5915

RGB

rgb(139, 89, 21)

HSL

hsl(34.6, 73.8%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(34.6, 84.9%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 36%, 84.9%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(42.29, 15.02, 44.41)

LCH

lch(42.29, 46.88, 71.31)

OKLCH

oklch(50.8%, 0.1022, 68.58)

HWB

hwb(34.6, 8.2%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#15478b

Analogous

#8b1e15

#8b5915

#828b15

Triadic

#8b5915

#158b59

#59158b

Split-complementary

#8b5915

#15828b

#1e158b

Tetradic

#8b5915

#478b15

#15478b

#59158b

Square

#8b5915

#158b1e

#15478b

#8b1582

Shades

Color #8b5915 mixed toward black.

#744a11

#5d3b0e

#462d0a

#2e1e07

#170f03

Tints

Color #8b5915 mixed toward white.

#be7a1d

#e09834

#e8b167

#f0cb9a

#f7e5cc

Tones

Color #8b5915 mixed toward gray.

#81581f

#775629

#6e5533

#64533c

#5a5246

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.54:1

White text reads better on this background (5.94:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#797830 · ΔE 19

Deuteranopia

#7b7f35 · ΔE 21.5

Tritanopia

#893e40 · ΔE 24.2

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 23

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b5915;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b5915]

Related colors

Antique White #faebd7

Tan #d2b48c

Burlywood #deb887

Navajo White #ffdead

Blanched Almond #ffebcd

Dark Orange #ff8c00

Frequently asked questions

#8b5915 (#8b5915) is rgb(139, 89, 21) in RGB.

No, #8b5915 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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