#8e6e57

Color #8e6e57

A muted medium orange.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 19.87 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-500 #7c6d67 · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8e6e57

RGB

rgb(142, 110, 87)

HSL

hsl(25.1, 24%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(25.1, 38.7%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 38.7%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(49, 9.36, 17.69)

LCH

lch(49, 20.01, 62.12)

OKLCH

oklch(56.4%, 0.053, 57.09)

HWB

hwb(25.1, 34.1%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#57778e

Analogous

#8e575c

#8e6e57

#8e8957

Triadic

#8e6e57

#578e6e

#6e578e

Split-complementary

#8e6e57

#578e89

#575c8e

Tetradic

#8e6e57

#778e57

#57778e

#6e578e

Square

#8e6e57

#5c8e57

#57778e

#89578e

Shades

Color #8e6e57 mixed toward black.

#765c49

#5f493a

#47372c

#2f251d

#18120f

Tints

Color #8e6e57 mixed toward white.

#a6856e

#b89e8b

#cab6a8

#dbcec5

#ede7e2

Tones

Color #8e6e57 mixed toward gray.

#896f5c

#857060

#807065

#7c7169

#77726e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.52:1

White text reads better on this background (4.65:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#81815d · ΔE 17.4

Deuteranopia

#83855f · ΔE 18.6

Tritanopia

#8d6263 · ΔE 12.7

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 14.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8e6e57;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e6e57]

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Peru #cd853f

Frequently asked questions

#8e6e57 (#8e6e57) is rgb(142, 110, 87) in RGB.

No, #8e6e57 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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