#b78a6c

Color #b78a6c

A muted medium orange.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 16.21 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 14.2

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Conversions

HEX

#b78a6c

RGB

rgb(183, 138, 108)

HSL

hsl(24, 34.2%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(24, 41%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 41%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(61.07, 13.17, 22.72)

LCH

lch(61.07, 26.26, 59.9)

OKLCH

oklch(66.9%, 0.0694, 54.91)

HWB

hwb(24, 42.4%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6c99b7

Analogous

#b76c74

#b78a6c

#b7b06c

Triadic

#b78a6c

#6cb78a

#8a6cb7

Split-complementary

#b78a6c

#6cb7b0

#6c74b7

Tetradic

#b78a6c

#99b76c

#6c99b7

#8a6cb7

Square

#b78a6c

#74b76c

#6c99b7

#b06cb7

Shades

Color #b78a6c mixed toward black.

#a37150

#825a40

#624430

#412d20

#211710

Tints

Color #b78a6c mixed toward white.

#c39e85

#cfb19d

#dbc5b6

#e7d8ce

#f3ece7

Tones

Color #b78a6c mixed toward gray.

#b18b72

#ab8d79

#a48e7f

#9e8f85

#98908b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a574 · ΔE 19.7

Deuteranopia

#a8ab76 · ΔE 21.2

Tritanopia

#b57a7b · ΔE 14.2

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 17.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b78a6c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b78a6c]

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Frequently asked questions

#b78a6c (#b78a6c) is rgb(183, 138, 108) in RGB.

No, #b78a6c 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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