#a87829

Color #a87829

A moderately saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Peru #cd853f · ΔE 12.78 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-700 #a65f00 · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a87829

RGB

rgb(168, 120, 41)

HSL

hsl(37.3, 60.8%, 41%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.3, 75.6%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 75.6%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(53.94, 11.3, 48.48)

LCH

lch(53.94, 49.78, 76.88)

OKLCH

oklch(60.7%, 0.1105, 75.8)

HWB

hwb(37.3, 16.1%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2959a8

Analogous

#a83829

#a87829

#99a829

Triadic

#a87829

#29a878

#7829a8

Split-complementary

#a87829

#2999a8

#3829a8

Tetradic

#a87829

#59a829

#2959a8

#7829a8

Square

#a87829

#29a838

#2959a8

#a82999

Shades

Color #a87829 mixed toward black.

#8c6422

#70501b

#543c14

#38280e

#1c1407

Tints

Color #a87829 mixed toward white.

#ce9435

#d8aa5e

#e2bf86

#ebd4ae

#f5ead7

Tones

Color #a87829 mixed toward gray.

#9e7534

#93733e

#887049

#7e6e53

#736b5e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.38:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#969547 · ΔE 16.7

Deuteranopia

#989c4c · ΔE 18.9

Tritanopia

#a65659 · ΔE 28.9

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 23.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a87829;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a87829]

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Frequently asked questions

#a87829 (#a87829) is rgb(168, 120, 41) in RGB.

No, #a87829 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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