#b97d1b

Color #b97d1b

A vivid, highly saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Dark Goldenrod #b8860b · ΔE 8.16 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b97d1b

RGB

rgb(185, 125, 27)

HSL

hsl(37.2, 74.5%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.2, 85.4%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 85.4%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(57.14, 15.62, 57.34)

LCH

lch(57.14, 59.43, 74.76)

OKLCH

oklch(63.6%, 0.1274, 73.12)

HWB

hwb(37.2, 10.6%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1b57b9

Analogous

#b92e1b

#b97d1b

#a6b91b

Triadic

#b97d1b

#1bb97d

#7d1bb9

Split-complementary

#b97d1b

#1ba6b9

#2e1bb9

Tetradic

#b97d1b

#57b91b

#1b57b9

#7d1bb9

Square

#b97d1b

#1bb92e

#1b57b9

#b91ba6

Shades

Color #b97d1b mixed toward black.

#9a6817

#7b5312

#5d3f0e

#3e2a09

#1f1505

Tints

Color #b97d1b mixed toward white.

#df9926

#e6ad52

#ecc27d

#f2d6a8

#f9ebd4

Tones

Color #b97d1b mixed toward gray.

#ac7a28

#9f7735

#927443

#847050

#776d5d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.01:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a244 · ΔE 19.9

Deuteranopia

#a6aa4a · ΔE 22.1

Tritanopia

#b7575a · ΔE 30.5

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 25.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b97d1b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b97d1b]

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Frequently asked questions

#b97d1b (#b97d1b) is rgb(185, 125, 27) in RGB.

No, #b97d1b 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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