#c68a23

Color #c68a23

A vivid, highly saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Dark Goldenrod #b8860b · ΔE 6.25 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#c68a23

RGB

rgb(198, 138, 35)

HSL

hsl(37.9, 70%, 45.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.9, 82.3%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 82.3%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(61.92, 14.44, 59.44)

LCH

lch(61.92, 61.17, 76.35)

OKLCH

oklch(67.7%, 0.132, 75.21)

HWB

hwb(37.9, 13.7%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#235fc6

Analogous

#c63823

#c68a23

#b1c623

Triadic

#c68a23

#23c68a

#8a23c6

Split-complementary

#c68a23

#23b1c6

#3823c6

Tetradic

#c68a23

#5fc623

#235fc6

#8a23c6

Square

#c68a23

#23c638

#235fc6

#c623b1

Shades

Color #c68a23 mixed toward black.

#a5731d

#845c17

#634511

#422e0c

#211706

Tints

Color #c68a23 mixed toward white.

#dca13b

#e3b462

#eac789

#f1d9b1

#f8ecd8

Tones

Color #c68a23 mixed toward gray.

#b98631

#ab833e

#9d7f4c

#907c59

#827867

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afaf4d · ΔE 19.4

Deuteranopia

#b3b754 · ΔE 21.3

Tritanopia

#c46165 · ΔE 32.3

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 25.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c68a23;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c68a23]

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Frequently asked questions

#c68a23 (#c68a23) is rgb(198, 138, 35) in RGB.

No, #c68a23 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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