#8b6934

Color #8b6934

A moderately saturated dark orange.

Closest named color Saddle Brown #8b4513 · ΔE 22.18 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-700 #a65f00 · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8b6934

RGB

rgb(139, 105, 52)

HSL

hsl(36.6, 45.5%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(36.6, 62.6%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 62.6%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(46.77, 7.36, 34.53)

LCH

lch(46.77, 35.31, 77.97)

OKLCH

oklch(54.4%, 0.0826, 76.55)

HWB

hwb(36.6, 20.4%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#34568b

Analogous

#8b3e34

#8b6934

#828b34

Triadic

#8b6934

#348b69

#69348b

Split-complementary

#8b6934

#34828b

#3e348b

Tetradic

#8b6934

#568b34

#34568b

#69348b

Square

#8b6934

#348b3e

#34568b

#8b3482

Shades

Color #8b6934 mixed toward black.

#74582b

#5d4623

#46351a

#2e2311

#171209

Tints

Color #8b6934 mixed toward white.

#b28643

#c59f64

#d4b78b

#e2cfb2

#f1e7d8

Tones

Color #8b6934 mixed toward gray.

#84683b

#7d6643

#75644a

#6e6351

#676158

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.17:1

White text reads better on this background (5.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7d45 · ΔE 13.2

Deuteranopia

#808249 · ΔE 14.9

Tritanopia

#8a5052 · ΔE 23.7

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 19.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b6934;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b6934]

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Antique White #faebd7

Frequently asked questions

#8b6934 (#8b6934) is rgb(139, 105, 52) in RGB.

No, #8b6934 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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