#8b5d15

Color #8b5d15

A vivid, highly saturated dark orange.

Closest named color Saddle Brown #8b4513 · ΔE 15.56 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-800 #894b00 · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#8b5d15

RGB

rgb(139, 93, 21)

HSL

hsl(36.6, 73.8%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(36.6, 84.9%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 84.9%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(43.32, 12.69, 45.31)

LCH

lch(43.32, 47.05, 74.35)

OKLCH

oklch(51.6%, 0.1018, 72.56)

HWB

hwb(36.6, 8.2%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#15438b

Analogous

#8b2215

#8b5d15

#7e8b15

Triadic

#8b5d15

#158b5d

#5d158b

Split-complementary

#8b5d15

#157e8b

#22158b

Tetradic

#8b5d15

#438b15

#15438b

#5d158b

Square

#8b5d15

#158b22

#15438b

#8b157e

Shades

Color #8b5d15 mixed toward black.

#744e11

#5d3e0e

#462f0a

#2e1f07

#171003

Tints

Color #8b5d15 mixed toward white.

#be7f1d

#e09d34

#e8b667

#f0ce9a

#f7e7cc

Tones

Color #8b5d15 mixed toward gray.

#815b1f

#775929

#6e5733

#64543c

#5a5246

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.67:1

White text reads better on this background (5.72:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7932 · ΔE 17.3

Deuteranopia

#7c7f37 · ΔE 19.4

Tritanopia

#894043 · ΔE 26.1

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 23

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b5d15;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b5d15]

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Antique White #faebd7

Frequently asked questions

#8b5d15 (#8b5d15) is rgb(139, 93, 21) in RGB.

No, #8b5d15 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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