#9f6d16

Color #9f6d16

A vivid, highly saturated dark orange.

Closest named color Dark Goldenrod #b8860b · ΔE 14.77 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-700 #a65f00 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9f6d16

RGB

rgb(159, 109, 22)

HSL

hsl(38.1, 75.7%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(38.1, 86.2%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 86.2%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(49.94, 12.74, 51.61)

LCH

lch(49.94, 53.16, 76.13)

OKLCH

oklch(57.3%, 0.1137, 74.91)

HWB

hwb(38.1, 8.6%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#16489f

Analogous

#9f2816

#9f6d16

#8d9f16

Triadic

#9f6d16

#169f6d

#6d169f

Split-complementary

#9f6d16

#168d9f

#28169f

Tetradic

#9f6d16

#489f16

#16489f

#6d169f

Square

#9f6d16

#169f28

#16489f

#9f168d

Shades

Color #9f6d16 mixed toward black.

#855b12

#6a490f

#50370b

#352407

#1b1204

Tints

Color #9f6d16 mixed toward white.

#cf8e1d

#e4a83e

#ebbe6f

#f2d39f

#f8e9cf

Tones

Color #9f6d16 mixed toward gray.

#946a21

#88672d

#7d6438

#716144

#665e4f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8c3b · ΔE 18.1

Deuteranopia

#8f9240 · ΔE 19.7

Tritanopia

#9d4b4e · ΔE 29.1

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 24.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f6d16;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f6d16]

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Frequently asked questions

#9f6d16 (#9f6d16) is rgb(159, 109, 22) in RGB.

No, #9f6d16 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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