#8e7549

Color #8e7549

A muted medium orange.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 24.19 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 12.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8e7549

RGB

rgb(142, 117, 73)

HSL

hsl(38.3, 32.1%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(38.3, 48.6%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 48.6%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(50.63, 3.69, 27.85)

LCH

lch(50.63, 28.09, 82.45)

OKLCH

oklch(57.6%, 0.0684, 80.83)

HWB

hwb(38.3, 28.6%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#49628e

Analogous

#8e5349

#8e7549

#858e49

Triadic

#8e7549

#498e75

#75498e

Split-complementary

#8e7549

#49858e

#53498e

Tetradic

#8e7549

#628e49

#49628e

#75498e

Square

#8e7549

#498e53

#49628e

#8e4985

Shades

Color #8e7549 mixed toward black.

#76623d

#5f4e31

#473b25

#2f2718

#18140c

Tints

Color #8e7549 mixed toward white.

#ac8f5d

#bca57d

#cdbc9e

#ded2be

#eee9df

Tones

Color #8e7549 mixed toward gray.

#88744f

#837255

#7d705a

#776f60

#716d66

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#848456 · ΔE 10.5

Deuteranopia

#858759 · ΔE 11.6

Tritanopia

#8d5f61 · ΔE 22.7

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 17.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e7549;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e7549]

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Frequently asked questions

#8e7549 (#8e7549) is rgb(142, 117, 73) in RGB.

No, #8e7549 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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