#bb8700

Color #bb8700

A vivid, highly saturated dark orange.

Closest named color Dark Goldenrod #b8860b · ΔE 2.47 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bb8700

RGB

rgb(187, 135, 0)

HSL

hsl(43.3, 100%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(43.3, 100%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 100%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(59.79, 10.53, 65.04)

LCH

lch(59.79, 65.89, 80.8)

OKLCH

oklch(65.7%, 0.1357, 81.27)

HWB

hwb(43.3, 0%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0034bb

Analogous

#bb2900

#bb8700

#92bb00

Triadic

#bb8700

#00bb87

#8700bb

Split-complementary

#bb8700

#0092bb

#2900bb

Tetradic

#bb8700

#34bb00

#0034bb

#8700bb

Square

#bb8700

#00bb29

#0034bb

#bb0092

Shades

Color #bb8700 mixed toward black.

#9c7100

#7d5a00

#5e4400

#3e2d00

#1f1700

Tints

Color #bb8700 mixed toward white.

#f1ae00

#ffc328

#ffd25e

#ffe193

#fff0c9

Tones

Color #bb8700 mixed toward gray.

#ac8010

#9c791f

#8c722f

#7d6b3e

#6d644e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a744 · ΔE 17

Deuteranopia

#aaad4c · ΔE 18.5

Tritanopia

#b95b5f · ΔE 35.6

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 26.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bb8700;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb8700]

Related colors

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Floral White #fffaf0

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Wheat #f5deb3

Orange #ffa500

Frequently asked questions

#bb8700 (#bb8700) is rgb(187, 135, 0) in RGB.

No, #bb8700 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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