#8b6a36

Color #8b6a36

A moderately saturated dark orange.

Closest named color Sienna #a0522d · ΔE 22.69 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-700 #a65f00 · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8b6a36

RGB

rgb(139, 106, 54)

HSL

hsl(36.7, 44%, 37.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(36.7, 61.2%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 61.2%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(47.06, 6.94, 33.81)

LCH

lch(47.06, 34.51, 78.4)

OKLCH

oklch(54.6%, 0.0811, 77.03)

HWB

hwb(36.7, 21.2%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#36578b

Analogous

#8b3f36

#8b6a36

#818b36

Triadic

#8b6a36

#368b6a

#6a368b

Split-complementary

#8b6a36

#36818b

#3f368b

Tetradic

#8b6a36

#578b36

#36578b

#6a368b

Square

#8b6a36

#368b3f

#36578b

#8b3681

Shades

Color #8b6a36 mixed toward black.

#74582d

#5d4724

#45351b

#2e2312

#171209

Tints

Color #8b6a36 mixed toward white.

#b18745

#c4a067

#d3b78d

#e1cfb3

#f0e7d9

Tones

Color #8b6a36 mixed toward gray.

#84683d

#7d6744

#76654b

#6f6452

#676259

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.21:1

White text reads better on this background (4.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7e47 · ΔE 13.3

Deuteranopia

#80824a · ΔE 14.4

Tritanopia

#8a5154 · ΔE 24

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 19.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b6a36;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b6a36]

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Frequently asked questions

#8b6a36 (#8b6a36) is rgb(139, 106, 54) in RGB.

No, #8b6a36 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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