#bb7608

Color #bb7608

A vivid, highly saturated dark orange.

Closest named color Dark Goldenrod #b8860b · ΔE 10.94 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bb7608

RGB

rgb(187, 118, 8)

HSL

hsl(36.9, 91.8%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(36.9, 95.7%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 95.7%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(55.63, 20.02, 60.82)

LCH

lch(55.63, 64.03, 71.78)

OKLCH

oklch(62.5%, 0.1343, 68.92)

HWB

hwb(36.9, 3.1%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#084dbb

Analogous

#bb1d08

#bb7608

#a6bb08

Triadic

#bb7608

#08bb76

#7608bb

Split-complementary

#bb7608

#08a6bb

#1d08bb

Tetradic

#bb7608

#4dbb08

#084dbb

#7608bb

Square

#bb7608

#08bb1d

#084dbb

#bb08a6

Shades

Color #bb7608 mixed toward black.

#9c6207

#7d4f05

#5d3b04

#3e2703

#1f1401

Tints

Color #bb7608 mixed toward white.

#ed960a

#f6ac35

#f9c168

#fbd69a

#fdeacd

Tones

Color #bb7608 mixed toward gray.

#ac7317

#9d6f26

#8e6c35

#7f6844

#706553

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a13c · ΔE 22.7

Deuteranopia

#a5aa43 · ΔE 25.3

Tritanopia

#b85053 · ΔE 29.8

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 26.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bb7608;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb7608]

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Frequently asked questions

#bb7608 (#bb7608) is rgb(187, 118, 8) in RGB.

No, #bb7608 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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