#b8985a

Color #b8985a

A muted medium orange.

Closest named color Burlywood #deb887 · ΔE 14.63 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 11.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b8985a

RGB

rgb(184, 152, 90)

HSL

hsl(39.6, 39.8%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(39.6, 51.1%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 51.1%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(64.47, 3.99, 36.88)

LCH

lch(64.47, 37.1, 83.83)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.0891, 82.84)

HWB

hwb(39.6, 35.3%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5a7ab8

Analogous

#b8695a

#b8985a

#a9b85a

Triadic

#b8985a

#5ab898

#985ab8

Split-complementary

#b8985a

#5aa9b8

#695ab8

Tetradic

#b8985a

#7ab85a

#5a7ab8

#985ab8

Square

#b8985a

#5ab869

#5a7ab8

#b85aa9

Shades

Color #b8985a mixed toward black.

#a08145

#806737

#604d29

#40331b

#201a0e

Tints

Color #b8985a mixed toward white.

#c4a975

#d0ba91

#dbcbac

#e7ddc8

#f3eee3

Tones

Color #b8985a mixed toward gray.

#b09562

#a8936a

#a09071

#998e79

#918b81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#abab6d · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#adaf71 · ΔE 12.1

Tritanopia

#b77a7c · ΔE 26.7

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b8985a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8985a]

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Frequently asked questions

#b8985a (#b8985a) is rgb(184, 152, 90) in RGB.

No, #b8985a 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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