#9f3800

Color #9f3800

A vivid, highly saturated dark orange.

Closest named color Dark Red #8b0000 · ΔE 16.64 Nearest Tailwind class amber-800 #973c00 · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9f3800

RGB

rgb(159, 56, 0)

HSL

hsl(21.1, 100%, 31.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(21.1, 100%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 100%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(38.2, 40.79, 49.68)

LCH

lch(38.2, 64.28, 50.61)

OKLCH

oklch(48.3%, 0.1474, 41.37)

HWB

hwb(21.1, 0%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#00679f

Analogous

#9f0018

#9f3800

#9f8800

Triadic

#9f3800

#009f38

#38009f

Split-complementary

#9f3800

#009f88

#00189f

Tetradic

#9f3800

#679f00

#00679f

#38009f

Square

#9f3800

#189f00

#00679f

#88009f

Shades

Color #9f3800 mixed toward black.

#852f00

#6a2500

#501c00

#351300

#1b0900

Tints

Color #9f3800 mixed toward white.

#da4d00

#ff6715

#ff8d50

#ffb38a

#ffd9c5

Tones

Color #9f3800 mixed toward gray.

#923c0d

#85401b

#774428

#6a4835

#5d4c42

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.04:1

White text reads better on this background (6.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7f19 · ΔE 36.7

Deuteranopia

#848a1c · ΔE 40.4

Tritanopia

#9c2325 · ΔE 12.8

Achromatopsia

#5a5a5a · ΔE 26.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #9f3800;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f3800]

Related colors

Sienna #a0522d

Seashell #fff5ee

Chocolate #d2691e

Saddle Brown #8b4513

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Orange Red #ff4500

Frequently asked questions

#9f3800 (#9f3800) is rgb(159, 56, 0) in RGB.

No, #9f3800 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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