#cb9000

Color #cb9000

A vivid, highly saturated dark orange.

Closest named color Dark Goldenrod #b8860b · ΔE 8.08 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#cb9000

RGB

rgb(203, 144, 0)

HSL

hsl(42.6, 100%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(42.6, 100%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 100%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(63.87, 12.75, 68.67)

LCH

lch(63.87, 69.84, 79.48)

OKLCH

oklch(69.3%, 0.1438, 79.42)

HWB

hwb(42.6, 0%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#003bcb

Analogous

#cb2b00

#cb9000

#a0cb00

Triadic

#cb9000

#00cb90

#9000cb

Split-complementary

#cb9000

#00a0cb

#2b00cb

Tetradic

#cb9000

#3bcb00

#003bcb

#9000cb

Square

#cb9000

#00cb2b

#003bcb

#cb00a0

Shades

Color #cb9000 mixed toward black.

#a97800

#876000

#654800

#443000

#221800

Tints

Color #cb9000 mixed toward white.

#feb400

#ffc432

#ffd265

#ffe199

#fff0cc

Tones

Color #cb9000 mixed toward gray.

#ba8911

#a98222

#987b33

#877444

#766d55

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b449 · ΔE 18.2

Deuteranopia

#b8bc52 · ΔE 20.3

Tritanopia

#c96166 · ΔE 36.4

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 27.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cb9000;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cb9000]

Related colors

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Goldenrod #daa520

Floral White #fffaf0

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Wheat #f5deb3

Orange #ffa500

Frequently asked questions

#cb9000 (#cb9000) is rgb(203, 144, 0) in RGB.

No, #cb9000 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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