#ba842e

Color #ba842e

A moderately saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Peru #cd853f · ΔE 9.89 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#ba842e

RGB

rgb(186, 132, 46)

HSL

hsl(36.9, 60.3%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(36.9, 75.3%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 29%, 75.3%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(59.1, 12.86, 52.15)

LCH

lch(59.1, 53.71, 76.15)

OKLCH

oklch(65.2%, 0.1192, 74.88)

HWB

hwb(36.9, 18%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2e64ba

Analogous

#ba3e2e

#ba842e

#aaba2e

Triadic

#ba842e

#2eba84

#842eba

Split-complementary

#ba842e

#2eaaba

#3e2eba

Tetradic

#ba842e

#64ba2e

#2e64ba

#842eba

Square

#ba842e

#2eba3e

#2e64ba

#ba2eaa

Shades

Color #ba842e mixed toward black.

#9b6e26

#7c581f

#5d4217

#3e2c0f

#1f1608

Tints

Color #ba842e mixed toward white.

#d19b45

#daaf6a

#e3c390

#edd7b5

#f6ebda

Tones

Color #ba842e mixed toward gray.

#ae813a

#a37f45

#977c51

#8b795d

#807768

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.43:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a54e · ΔE 18.3

Deuteranopia

#a8ac54 · ΔE 20.1

Tritanopia

#b85f63 · ΔE 30.2

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 24.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ba842e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ba842e]

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Frequently asked questions

#ba842e (#ba842e) is rgb(186, 132, 46) in RGB.

No, #ba842e 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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