#9c7a42

Color #9c7a42

A moderately saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Peru #cd853f · ΔE 21.31 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-700 #a65f00 · ΔE 12.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9c7a42

RGB

rgb(156, 122, 66)

HSL

hsl(37.3, 40.5%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.3, 57.7%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 57.7%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(53.36, 6.39, 35.34)

LCH

lch(53.36, 35.91, 79.75)

OKLCH

oklch(60%, 0.085, 78.47)

HWB

hwb(37.3, 25.9%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#42649c

Analogous

#9c4d42

#9c7a42

#919c42

Triadic

#9c7a42

#429c7a

#7a429c

Split-complementary

#9c7a42

#42919c

#4d429c

Tetradic

#9c7a42

#649c42

#42649c

#7a429c

Square

#9c7a42

#429c4d

#42649c

#9c4291

Shades

Color #9c7a42 mixed toward black.

#826637

#68512c

#4e3d21

#342916

#1a140b

Tints

Color #9c7a42 mixed toward white.

#b89356

#c6a878

#d4be9a

#e2d4bc

#f1e9dd

Tones

Color #9c7a42 mixed toward gray.

#947849

#8d7651

#857458

#7e7360

#767167

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8e54 · ΔE 12.6

Deuteranopia

#909358 · ΔE 14.4

Tritanopia

#9b5f62 · ΔE 25.3

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c7a42;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c7a42]

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Frequently asked questions

#9c7a42 (#9c7a42) is rgb(156, 122, 66) in RGB.

No, #9c7a42 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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