#a96c08

Color #a96c08

A vivid, highly saturated dark orange.

Closest named color Dark Goldenrod #b8860b · ΔE 12.98 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-700 #a65f00 · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a96c08

RGB

rgb(169, 108, 8)

HSL

hsl(37.3, 91%, 34.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.3, 95.3%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 95.3%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(50.9, 17.57, 56.41)

LCH

lch(50.9, 59.08, 72.7)

OKLCH

oklch(58.3%, 0.1239, 70.19)

HWB

hwb(37.3, 3.1%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0845a9

Analogous

#a91c08

#a96c08

#95a908

Triadic

#a96c08

#08a96c

#6c08a9

Split-complementary

#a96c08

#0895a9

#1c08a9

Tetradic

#a96c08

#45a908

#0845a9

#6c08a9

Square

#a96c08

#08a91c

#0845a9

#a90895

Shades

Color #a96c08 mixed toward black.

#8d5a07

#714805

#553604

#382403

#1c1201

Tints

Color #a96c08 mixed toward white.

#de8e0a

#f5a92b

#f8be60

#fad495

#fde9ca

Tones

Color #a96c08 mixed toward gray.

#9c6915

#8e6623

#816230

#735f3e

#665c4b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#939237 · ΔE 21.1

Deuteranopia

#969a3d · ΔE 23.5

Tritanopia

#a7494c · ΔE 28.9

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 25.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a96c08;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a96c08]

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Frequently asked questions

#a96c08 (#a96c08) is rgb(169, 108, 8) in RGB.

No, #a96c08 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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