#8e4415

Color #8e4415

A vivid, highly saturated dark orange.

Closest named color Saddle Brown #8b4513 · ΔE 1.98 Nearest Tailwind class amber-800 #973c00 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8e4415

RGB

rgb(142, 68, 21)

HSL

hsl(23.3, 74.2%, 32%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(23.3, 85.2%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 85.2%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(37.74, 28.35, 40.55)

LCH

lch(37.74, 49.48, 55.04)

OKLCH

oklch(47.4%, 0.1155, 48.44)

HWB

hwb(23.3, 8.2%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#155f8e

Analogous

#8e1523

#8e4415

#8e8115

Triadic

#8e4415

#158e44

#44158e

Split-complementary

#8e4415

#158e81

#15238e

Tetradic

#8e4415

#5f8e15

#155f8e

#44158e

Square

#8e4415

#238e15

#155f8e

#81158e

Shades

Color #8e4415 mixed toward black.

#763912

#5f2d0e

#47220b

#2f1707

#180b04

Tints

Color #8e4415 mixed toward white.

#c05c1d

#e17836

#e99a68

#f0bc9a

#f8ddcd

Tones

Color #8e4415 mixed toward gray.

#84461f

#7a4929

#704b33

#664d3d

#5c4f48

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.99:1

White text reads better on this background (7.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#757526 · ΔE 29.1

Deuteranopia

#797d29 · ΔE 31.7

Tritanopia

#8b3032 · ΔE 15.6

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e4415;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e4415]

Related colors

Seashell #fff5ee

Chocolate #d2691e

Saddle Brown #8b4513

Sienna #a0522d

Sandy Brown #f4a460

Peach Puff #ffdab9

Frequently asked questions

#8e4415 (#8e4415) is rgb(142, 68, 21) in RGB.

No, #8e4415 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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