#9b5438

Color #9b5438

A moderately saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Sienna #a0522d · ΔE 6.97 Nearest Tailwind class amber-800 #973c00 · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9b5438

RGB

rgb(155, 84, 56)

HSL

hsl(17, 46.9%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(17, 63.9%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 63.9%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(43.65, 26.82, 29.14)

LCH

lch(43.65, 39.6, 47.37)

OKLCH

oklch(52.4%, 0.1029, 41.81)

HWB

hwb(17, 22%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#387f9b

Analogous

#9b384e

#9b5438

#9b8638

Triadic

#9b5438

#389b54

#54389b

Split-complementary

#9b5438

#389b86

#384e9b

Tetradic

#9b5438

#7f9b38

#387f9b

#54389b

Square

#9b5438

#4e9b38

#387f9b

#86389b

Shades

Color #9b5438 mixed toward black.

#81462f

#673825

#4e2a1c

#341c13

#1a0e09

Tints

Color #9b5438 mixed toward white.

#bd6948

#ca876d

#d7a591

#e5c3b6

#f2e1da

Tones

Color #9b5438 mixed toward gray.

#935840

#8b5b49

#825f51

#7a6259

#726661

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.72:1

White text reads better on this background (5.65:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#828240 · ΔE 29.7

Deuteranopia

#868a42 · ΔE 32.3

Tritanopia

#984647 · ΔE 11

Achromatopsia

#676767 · ΔE 22.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9b5438;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b5438]

Related colors

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Orange Red #ff4500

Coral #ff7f50

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Sienna #a0522d

Seashell #fff5ee

Frequently asked questions

#9b5438 (#9b5438) is rgb(155, 84, 56) in RGB.

No, #9b5438 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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