#9b7937

Color #9b7937

A moderately saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Peru #cd853f · ΔE 19.57 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-700 #a65f00 · ΔE 12.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9b7937

RGB

rgb(155, 121, 55)

HSL

hsl(39.6, 47.6%, 41.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(39.6, 64.5%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 64.5%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(52.86, 5.67, 40.39)

LCH

lch(52.86, 40.79, 82.01)

OKLCH

oklch(59.6%, 0.0939, 81.79)

HWB

hwb(39.6, 21.6%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#37599b

Analogous

#9b4737

#9b7937

#8b9b37

Triadic

#9b7937

#379b79

#79379b

Split-complementary

#9b7937

#378b9b

#47379b

Tetradic

#9b7937

#599b37

#37599b

#79379b

Square

#9b7937

#379b47

#37599b

#9b378b

Shades

Color #9b7937 mixed toward black.

#81652e

#675125

#4e3d1c

#342812

#1a1409

Tints

Color #9b7937 mixed toward white.

#be9547

#cbaa6b

#d8bf90

#e5d5b5

#f2eada

Tones

Color #9b7937 mixed toward gray.

#93763f

#8a7448

#827150

#7a6e58

#716c61

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.18:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8d4e · ΔE 12.3

Deuteranopia

#8f9252 · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#9a5b5e · ΔE 27.8

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9b7937;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b7937]

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Papaya Whip #ffefd5

Frequently asked questions

#9b7937 (#9b7937) is rgb(155, 121, 55) in RGB.

No, #9b7937 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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