#8c6d34

Color #8c6d34

A moderately saturated dark orange.

Closest named color Saddle Brown #8b4513 · ΔE 23.96 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-700 #a65f00 · ΔE 11.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8c6d34

RGB

rgb(140, 109, 52)

HSL

hsl(38.9, 45.8%, 37.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(38.9, 62.9%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 62.9%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(47.96, 5.5, 35.93)

LCH

lch(47.96, 36.35, 81.3)

OKLCH

oklch(55.3%, 0.0844, 80.73)

HWB

hwb(38.9, 20.4%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#34538c

Analogous

#8c4134

#8c6d34

#7f8c34

Triadic

#8c6d34

#348c6d

#6d348c

Split-complementary

#8c6d34

#347f8c

#41348c

Tetradic

#8c6d34

#538c34

#34538c

#6d348c

Square

#8c6d34

#348c41

#34538c

#8c347f

Shades

Color #8c6d34 mixed toward black.

#745b2b

#5d4923

#46361a

#2f2411

#171209

Tints

Color #8c6d34 mixed toward white.

#b28b42

#c6a364

#d4ba8b

#e2d1b2

#f1e8d8

Tones

Color #8c6d34 mixed toward gray.

#846b3b

#7d6943

#76664a

#6f6451

#676259

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.35:1

White text reads better on this background (4.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#807f47 · ΔE 11.8

Deuteranopia

#81844b · ΔE 13.7

Tritanopia

#8b5355 · ΔE 25.2

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c6d34;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c6d34]

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Frequently asked questions

#8c6d34 (#8c6d34) is rgb(140, 109, 52) in RGB.

No, #8c6d34 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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