#ab7217

Color #ab7217

A vivid, highly saturated dark orange.

Closest named color Dark Goldenrod #b8860b · ΔE 12.1 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-700 #a65f00 · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ab7217

RGB

rgb(171, 114, 23)

HSL

hsl(36.9, 76.3%, 38%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(36.9, 86.5%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 86.5%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(52.68, 15.39, 54.18)

LCH

lch(52.68, 56.32, 74.14)

OKLCH

oklch(59.8%, 0.1206, 72.29)

HWB

hwb(36.9, 9%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1750ab

Analogous

#ab2817

#ab7217

#9aab17

Triadic

#ab7217

#17ab72

#7217ab

Split-complementary

#ab7217

#179aab

#2817ab

Tetradic

#ab7217

#50ab17

#1750ab

#7217ab

Square

#ab7217

#17ab28

#1750ab

#ab179a

Shades

Color #ab7217 mixed toward black.

#8e5f13

#724c0f

#55390b

#392608

#1c1304

Tints

Color #ab7217 mixed toward white.

#d9911d

#e6a845

#ecbe74

#f3d4a2

#f9e9d1

Tones

Color #ab7217 mixed toward gray.

#9f6f23

#926c30

#86693c

#7a6748

#6d6455

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#96953d · ΔE 19.6

Deuteranopia

#999d43 · ΔE 22

Tritanopia

#a94f52 · ΔE 29.2

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 24.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ab7217;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab7217]

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Frequently asked questions

#ab7217 (#ab7217) is rgb(171, 114, 23) in RGB.

No, #ab7217 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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