#a87c56

Color #a87c56

A muted medium orange.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 21.02 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-700 #a65f00 · ΔE 12.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a87c56

RGB

rgb(168, 124, 86)

HSL

hsl(27.8, 32.3%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(27.8, 48.8%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 48.8%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(55.5, 12.34, 27.37)

LCH

lch(55.5, 30.02, 65.73)

OKLCH

oklch(62.1%, 0.0761, 61.52)

HWB

hwb(27.8, 33.7%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5682a8

Analogous

#a85659

#a87c56

#a8a556

Triadic

#a87c56

#56a87c

#7c56a8

Split-complementary

#a87c56

#56a8a5

#5659a8

Tetradic

#a87c56

#82a856

#5682a8

#7c56a8

Square

#a87c56

#59a856

#5682a8

#a556a8

Shades

Color #a87c56 mixed toward black.

#8c6748

#705339

#543e2b

#38291d

#1c150e

Tints

Color #a87c56 mixed toward white.

#b79272

#c5a88e

#d4bdaa

#e2d3c7

#f1e9e3

Tones

Color #a87c56 mixed toward gray.

#a17c5d

#9a7d64

#937d6a

#8d7e71

#867e78

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.68:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#979761 · ΔE 18.3

Deuteranopia

#999c63 · ΔE 19.7

Tritanopia

#a6696a · ΔE 17.4

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 18.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a87c56;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a87c56]

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Frequently asked questions

#a87c56 (#a87c56) is rgb(168, 124, 86) in RGB.

No, #a87c56 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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