#bd9e69

Color #bd9e69

A muted medium orange.

Closest named color Burlywood #deb887 · ΔE 10.8 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 13.2

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Conversions

HEX

#bd9e69

RGB

rgb(189, 158, 105)

HSL

hsl(37.9, 38.9%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.9, 44.4%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 44.4%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(66.74, 4.32, 31.92)

LCH

lch(66.74, 32.21, 82.29)

OKLCH

oklch(71.5%, 0.0792, 80.34)

HWB

hwb(37.9, 41.2%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6988bd

Analogous

#bd7469

#bd9e69

#b2bd69

Triadic

#bd9e69

#69bd9e

#9e69bd

Split-complementary

#bd9e69

#69b2bd

#7469bd

Tetradic

#bd9e69

#88bd69

#6988bd

#9e69bd

Square

#bd9e69

#69bd74

#6988bd

#bd69b2

Shades

Color #bd9e69 mixed toward black.

#aa874b

#886c3c

#66512d

#44361e

#221b0f

Tints

Color #bd9e69 mixed toward white.

#c8ae82

#d3be9b

#deceb4

#e9dfcd

#f4efe6

Tones

Color #bd9e69 mixed toward gray.

#b69c70

#af9a77

#a8987e

#a19785

#9a958c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b079 · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#b2b47c · ΔE 12.1

Tritanopia

#bc8386 · ΔE 24.7

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 18.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bd9e69;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bd9e69]

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Frequently asked questions

#bd9e69 (#bd9e69) is rgb(189, 158, 105) in RGB.

No, #bd9e69 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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