#bd9859

Color #bd9859

A moderately saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Burlywood #deb887 · ΔE 14.56 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bd9859

RGB

rgb(189, 152, 89)

HSL

hsl(37.8, 43.1%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.8, 52.9%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 52.9%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(64.96, 6.03, 38.12)

LCH

lch(64.96, 38.59, 81.01)

OKLCH

oklch(70%, 0.0925, 79.66)

HWB

hwb(37.8, 34.9%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#597ebd

Analogous

#bd6659

#bd9859

#b0bd59

Triadic

#bd9859

#59bd98

#9859bd

Split-complementary

#bd9859

#59b0bd

#6659bd

Tetradic

#bd9859

#7ebd59

#597ebd

#9859bd

Square

#bd9859

#59bd66

#597ebd

#bd59b0

Shades

Color #bd9859 mixed toward black.

#a68142

#856735

#634d28

#42341a

#211a0d

Tints

Color #bd9859 mixed toward white.

#c8a975

#d3ba90

#decbac

#e9ddc8

#f4eee3

Tones

Color #bd9859 mixed toward gray.

#b59661

#ac946a

#a49172

#9c8f7a

#938d83

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aeae6d · ΔE 12.8

Deuteranopia

#b0b371 · ΔE 14.1

Tritanopia

#bb797c · ΔE 26.8

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bd9859;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bd9859]

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Frequently asked questions

#bd9859 (#bd9859) is rgb(189, 152, 89) in RGB.

No, #bd9859 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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