#8b611b

Color #8b611b

A moderately saturated dark orange.

Closest named color Saddle Brown #8b4513 · ΔE 17.57 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-700 #a65f00 · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8b611b

RGB

rgb(139, 97, 27)

HSL

hsl(37.5, 67.5%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.5, 80.6%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 80.6%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(44.4, 10.57, 43.97)

LCH

lch(44.4, 45.22, 76.48)

OKLCH

oklch(52.5%, 0.0989, 75.36)

HWB

hwb(37.5, 10.6%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1b458b

Analogous

#8b291b

#8b611b

#7d8b1b

Triadic

#8b611b

#1b8b61

#611b8b

Split-complementary

#8b611b

#1b7d8b

#291b8b

Tetradic

#8b611b

#458b1b

#1b458b

#611b8b

Square

#8b611b

#1b8b29

#1b458b

#8b1b7d

Shades

Color #8b611b mixed toward black.

#745116

#5d4112

#45300d

#2e2009

#171004

Tints

Color #8b611b mixed toward white.

#bb8224

#daa03f

#e3b76f

#eccf9f

#f6e7cf

Tones

Color #8b611b mixed toward gray.

#815f24

#785c2e

#6f5a37

#665840

#5c554a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.82:1

White text reads better on this background (5.49:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7b36 · ΔE 16.2

Deuteranopia

#7d803b · ΔE 17.8

Tritanopia

#894447 · ΔE 26.6

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 22.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b611b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b611b]

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Frequently asked questions

#8b611b (#8b611b) is rgb(139, 97, 27) in RGB.

No, #8b611b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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