#a66f16

Color #a66f16

A vivid, highly saturated dark orange.

Closest named color Peru #cd853f · ΔE 13.39 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-700 #a65f00 · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a66f16

RGB

rgb(166, 111, 22)

HSL

hsl(37.1, 76.6%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.1, 86.7%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 86.7%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(51.31, 14.8, 53.1)

LCH

lch(51.31, 55.12, 74.43)

OKLCH

oklch(58.6%, 0.118, 72.64)

HWB

hwb(37.1, 8.6%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#164da6

Analogous

#a62716

#a66f16

#95a616

Triadic

#a66f16

#16a66f

#6f16a6

Split-complementary

#a66f16

#1695a6

#2716a6

Tetradic

#a66f16

#4da616

#164da6

#6f16a6

Square

#a66f16

#16a627

#164da6

#a61695

Shades

Color #a66f16 mixed toward black.

#8a5d12

#6f4a0f

#53380b

#372507

#1c1304

Tints

Color #a66f16 mixed toward white.

#d68f1c

#e6a742

#ecbd71

#f2d3a0

#f9e9d0

Tones

Color #a66f16 mixed toward gray.

#9a6c22

#8e692e

#82673a

#766446

#6a6152

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#91913c · ΔE 19.5

Deuteranopia

#949841 · ΔE 21.5

Tritanopia

#a44d50 · ΔE 28.9

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 24.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a66f16;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a66f16]

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Frequently asked questions

#a66f16 (#a66f16) is rgb(166, 111, 22) in RGB.

No, #a66f16 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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