#a26e16

Color #a26e16

A vivid, highly saturated dark orange.

Closest named color Dark Goldenrod #b8860b · ΔE 14.06 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-700 #a65f00 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a26e16

RGB

rgb(162, 110, 22)

HSL

hsl(37.7, 76.1%, 36.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.7, 86.4%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 32.1%, 86.4%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(50.56, 13.55, 52.28)

LCH

lch(50.56, 54.01, 75.47)

OKLCH

oklch(57.9%, 0.1156, 74.03)

HWB

hwb(37.7, 8.6%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#164aa2

Analogous

#a22816

#a26e16

#90a216

Triadic

#a26e16

#16a26e

#6e16a2

Split-complementary

#a26e16

#1690a2

#2816a2

Tetradic

#a26e16

#4aa216

#164aa2

#6e16a2

Square

#a26e16

#16a228

#164aa2

#a21690

Shades

Color #a26e16 mixed toward black.

#875c12

#6c490f

#51370b

#362507

#1b1204

Tints

Color #a26e16 mixed toward white.

#d28e1c

#e5a840

#ecbd70

#f2d39f

#f9e9cf

Tones

Color #a26e16 mixed toward gray.

#966b22

#8b682d

#7f6539

#736245

#685f50

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.39:1

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

#8e8e3b · ΔE 18.6

Deuteranopia

#919541 · ΔE 20.6

Tritanopia

#a04c4f · ΔE 29.1

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 24.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a26e16;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a26e16]

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Frequently asked questions

#a26e16 (#a26e16) is rgb(162, 110, 22) in RGB.

No, #a26e16 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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