#b48a44

Color #b48a44

A moderately saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Peru #cd853f · ΔE 14.24 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b48a44

RGB

rgb(180, 138, 68)

HSL

hsl(37.5, 45.2%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.5, 62.2%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 62.2%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(60.16, 8.17, 42.9)

LCH

lch(60.16, 43.67, 79.22)

OKLCH

oklch(66%, 0.1016, 78.18)

HWB

hwb(37.5, 26.7%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#446eb4

Analogous

#b45244

#b48a44

#a6b444

Triadic

#b48a44

#44b48a

#8a44b4

Split-complementary

#b48a44

#44a6b4

#5244b4

Tetradic

#b48a44

#6eb444

#446eb4

#8a44b4

Square

#b48a44

#44b452

#446eb4

#b444a6

Shades

Color #b48a44 mixed toward black.

#967339

#785c2d

#5a4522

#3c2e17

#1e170b

Tints

Color #b48a44 mixed toward white.

#c39e60

#cfb180

#dbc5a0

#e7d8c0

#f3ecdf

Tones

Color #b48a44 mixed toward gray.

#ab884d

#a18557

#988360

#8f8169

#857e73

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a35b · ΔE 14.4

Deuteranopia

#a6a960 · ΔE 16.1

Tritanopia

#b26a6c · ΔE 27.6

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b48a44;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b48a44]

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Frequently asked questions

#b48a44 (#b48a44) is rgb(180, 138, 68) in RGB.

No, #b48a44 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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