#bc836a

Color #bc836a

A muted medium orange.

Closest named color Dark Salmon #e9967a · ΔE 14.68 Nearest Tailwind class amber-600 #e17100 · ΔE 15.4

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Conversions

HEX

#bc836a

RGB

rgb(188, 131, 106)

HSL

hsl(18.3, 38%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(18.3, 43.6%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 43.6%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(59.86, 18.88, 22.31)

LCH

lch(59.86, 29.23, 49.76)

OKLCH

oklch(66.1%, 0.0795, 44.59)

HWB

hwb(18.3, 41.6%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6aa3bc

Analogous

#bc6a7a

#bc836a

#bcac6a

Triadic

#bc836a

#6abc83

#836abc

Split-complementary

#bc836a

#6abcac

#6a7abc

Tetradic

#bc836a

#a3bc6a

#6aa3bc

#836abc

Square

#bc836a

#7abc6a

#6aa3bc

#ac6abc

Shades

Color #bc836a mixed toward black.

#a9684c

#87533d

#653f2e

#442a1e

#22150f

Tints

Color #bc836a mixed toward white.

#c79883

#d2ac9c

#ddc1b4

#e9d6cd

#f4eae6

Tones

Color #bc836a mixed toward gray.

#b58671

#ae8877

#a78b7e

#a18e85

#9a908c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a671 · ΔE 24.4

Deuteranopia

#aaad72 · ΔE 26.2

Tritanopia

#ba7677 · ΔE 11

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 19.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bc836a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc836a]

Related colors

Sienna #a0522d

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Orange Red #ff4500

Coral #ff7f50

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Seashell #fff5ee

Frequently asked questions

#bc836a (#bc836a) is rgb(188, 131, 106) in RGB.

No, #bc836a 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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