#bb9249

Color #bb9249

A moderately saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Peru #cd853f · ΔE 14.84 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bb9249

RGB

rgb(187, 146, 73)

HSL

hsl(38.4, 45.6%, 51%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(38.4, 61%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 61%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(63.02, 7.17, 43.89)

LCH

lch(63.02, 44.47, 80.72)

OKLCH

oklch(68.4%, 0.1036, 79.99)

HWB

hwb(38.4, 28.6%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4972bb

Analogous

#bb5949

#bb9249

#abbb49

Triadic

#bb9249

#49bb92

#9249bb

Split-complementary

#bb9249

#49abbb

#5949bb

Tetradic

#bb9249

#72bb49

#4972bb

#9249bb

Square

#bb9249

#49bb59

#4972bb

#bb49ab

Shades

Color #bb9249 mixed toward black.

#9e7a3b

#7e622f

#5f4923

#3f3118

#20180c

Tints

Color #bb9249 mixed toward white.

#c6a467

#d2b686

#ddc9a4

#e8dbc2

#f4ede1

Tones

Color #bb9249 mixed toward gray.

#b28f53

#a88d5c

#9f8a66

#95876f

#8c8579

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#abaa61 · ΔE 13.7

Deuteranopia

#adb066 · ΔE 15.3

Tritanopia

#b97073 · ΔE 28.9

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 22.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bb9249;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb9249]

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Floral White #fffaf0

Frequently asked questions

#bb9249 (#bb9249) is rgb(187, 146, 73) in RGB.

No, #bb9249 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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