#c5861b

Color #c5861b

A vivid, highly saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Dark Goldenrod #b8860b · ΔE 6.55 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#c5861b

RGB

rgb(197, 134, 27)

HSL

hsl(37.8, 75.9%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.8, 86.3%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 32%, 86.3%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(60.78, 15.97, 60.95)

LCH

lch(60.78, 63.01, 75.32)

OKLCH

oklch(66.8%, 0.1343, 73.83)

HWB

hwb(37.8, 10.6%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1b5ac5

Analogous

#c5311b

#c5861b

#afc51b

Triadic

#c5861b

#1bc586

#861bc5

Split-complementary

#c5861b

#1bafc5

#311bc5

Tetradic

#c5861b

#5ac51b

#1b5ac5

#861bc5

Square

#c5861b

#1bc531

#1b5ac5

#c51baf

Shades

Color #c5861b mixed toward black.

#a47016

#835912

#62430d

#422d09

#211604

Tints

Color #c5861b mixed toward white.

#e29f2d

#e8b257

#eec681

#f4d9ab

#f9ecd5

Tones

Color #c5861b mixed toward gray.

#b78229

#a97f37

#9a7b45

#8c7754

#7e7462

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.8:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adad49 · ΔE 20.4

Deuteranopia

#b1b54f · ΔE 22.3

Tritanopia

#c25d61 · ΔE 32.2

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 26.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #c5861b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c5861b]

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Frequently asked questions

#c5861b (#c5861b) is rgb(197, 134, 27) in RGB.

No, #c5861b 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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