#c9bba5

Color #c9bba5

A muted light orange.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 12.16 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#c9bba5

RGB

rgb(201, 187, 165)

HSL

hsl(36.7, 25%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(36.7, 17.9%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 7%, 17.9%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(76.48, 1.33, 12.94)

LCH

lch(76.48, 13.01, 84.13)

OKLCH

oklch(79.8%, 0.0341, 79.18)

HWB

hwb(36.7, 64.7%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5b3c9

Analogous

#c9a9a5

#c9bba5

#c5c9a5

Triadic

#c9bba5

#a5c9bb

#bba5c9

Split-complementary

#c9bba5

#a5c5c9

#a9a5c9

Tetradic

#c9bba5

#b3c9a5

#a5b3c9

#bba5c9

Square

#c9bba5

#a5c9a9

#a5b3c9

#c9a5c5

Shades

Color #c9bba5 mixed toward black.

#b29e7f

#99815c

#726145

#4c402e

#262017

Tints

Color #c9bba5 mixed toward white.

#d2c6b4

#dbd2c3

#e4ddd2

#ede8e1

#f6f4f0

Tones

Color #c9bba5 mixed toward gray.

#c6baa8

#c3baab

#c0b9ae

#bdb8b1

#bab8b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c3c3ab · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#c4c5ac · ΔE 7.7

Tritanopia

#c8afb0 · ΔE 13.7

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 10.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c9bba5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9bba5]

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Frequently asked questions

#c9bba5 (#c9bba5) is rgb(201, 187, 165) in RGB.

No, #c9bba5 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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