#9f6c19

Color #9f6c19

A vivid, highly saturated dark orange.

Closest named color Peru #cd853f · ΔE 14.68 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-700 #a65f00 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9f6c19

RGB

rgb(159, 108, 25)

HSL

hsl(37.2, 72.8%, 36.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.2, 84.3%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 32.1%, 84.3%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(49.7, 13.4, 50.41)

LCH

lch(49.7, 52.16, 75.11)

OKLCH

oklch(57.1%, 0.1125, 73.58)

HWB

hwb(37.2, 9.8%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#194c9f

Analogous

#9f2919

#9f6c19

#8f9f19

Triadic

#9f6c19

#199f6c

#6c199f

Split-complementary

#9f6c19

#198f9f

#29199f

Tetradic

#9f6c19

#4c9f19

#194c9f

#6c199f

Square

#9f6c19

#199f29

#194c9f

#9f198f

Shades

Color #9f6c19 mixed toward black.

#855a15

#6a4811

#50360d

#352408

#1b1204

Tints

Color #9f6c19 mixed toward white.

#ce8c20

#e1a543

#e9bc72

#f0d2a1

#f8e9d0

Tones

Color #9f6c19 mixed toward gray.

#946924

#89672f

#7e643b

#726146

#675f51

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8b3b · ΔE 18.2

Deuteranopia

#8f9240 · ΔE 20.2

Tritanopia

#9d4b4e · ΔE 28.4

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 24.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f6c19;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f6c19]

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Frequently asked questions

#9f6c19 (#9f6c19) is rgb(159, 108, 25) in RGB.

No, #9f6c19 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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