#b47b1a

Color #b47b1a

A vivid, highly saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Dark Goldenrod #b8860b · ΔE 8.39 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b47b1a

RGB

rgb(180, 123, 26)

HSL

hsl(37.8, 74.8%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.8, 85.6%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 85.6%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(56.03, 14.47, 56.49)

LCH

lch(56.03, 58.31, 75.63)

OKLCH

oklch(62.6%, 0.1248, 74.24)

HWB

hwb(37.8, 10.2%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1a53b4

Analogous

#b42e1a

#b47b1a

#a0b41a

Triadic

#b47b1a

#1ab47b

#7b1ab4

Split-complementary

#b47b1a

#1aa0b4

#2e1ab4

Tetradic

#b47b1a

#53b41a

#1a53b4

#7b1ab4

Square

#b47b1a

#1ab42e

#1a53b4

#b41aa0

Shades

Color #b47b1a mixed toward black.

#966716

#785211

#5a3e0d

#3c2909

#1e1504

Tints

Color #b47b1a mixed toward white.

#df9922

#e5ad4e

#ecc27a

#f2d6a6

#f9ebd3

Tones

Color #b47b1a mixed toward gray.

#a77827

#9a7434

#8e7140

#816e4d

#746a5a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9e43 · ΔE 19.1

Deuteranopia

#a2a649 · ΔE 21.3

Tritanopia

#b25559 · ΔE 31

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 25.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b47b1a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b47b1a]

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Frequently asked questions

#b47b1a (#b47b1a) is rgb(180, 123, 26) in RGB.

No, #b47b1a 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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