#9e6e48

Color #9e6e48

A muted medium orange.

Closest named color Sienna #a0522d · ΔE 17.58 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-700 #a65f00 · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9e6e48

RGB

rgb(158, 110, 72)

HSL

hsl(26.5, 37.4%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(26.5, 54.4%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 54.4%, 38%)

LAB

lab(50.56, 14.65, 28.69)

LCH

lch(50.56, 32.21, 62.95)

OKLCH

oklch(57.9%, 0.0809, 58.65)

HWB

hwb(26.5, 28.2%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#48789e

Analogous

#9e484d

#9e6e48

#9e9948

Triadic

#9e6e48

#489e6e

#6e489e

Split-complementary

#9e6e48

#489e99

#484d9e

Tetradic

#9e6e48

#789e48

#48789e

#6e489e

Square

#9e6e48

#4d9e48

#48789e

#99489e

Shades

Color #9e6e48 mixed toward black.

#845c3c

#694930

#4f3724

#352518

#1a120c

Tints

Color #9e6e48 mixed toward white.

#b6855f

#c59e7f

#d3b69f

#e2cebf

#f0e7df

Tones

Color #9e6e48 mixed toward gray.

#976f4f

#907056

#89705d

#817165

#7a726c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8b53 · ΔE 19.7

Deuteranopia

#8e9256 · ΔE 22.1

Tritanopia

#9c5b5c · ΔE 16.9

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 19.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9e6e48;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e6e48]

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Frequently asked questions

#9e6e48 (#9e6e48) is rgb(158, 110, 72) in RGB.

No, #9e6e48 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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