#cc9a43

Color #cc9a43

A moderately saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Peru #cd853f · ΔE 13.16 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#cc9a43

RGB

rgb(204, 154, 67)

HSL

hsl(38.1, 57.3%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(38.1, 67.2%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 67.2%, 20%)

LAB

lab(66.79, 9.77, 51.46)

LCH

lch(66.79, 52.38, 79.25)

OKLCH

oklch(71.7%, 0.1192, 78.53)

HWB

hwb(38.1, 26.3%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4375cc

Analogous

#cc5543

#cc9a43

#b9cc43

Triadic

#cc9a43

#43cc9a

#9a43cc

Split-complementary

#cc9a43

#43b9cc

#5543cc

Tetradic

#cc9a43

#75cc43

#4375cc

#9a43cc

Square

#cc9a43

#43cc55

#4375cc

#cc43b9

Shades

Color #cc9a43 mixed toward black.

#b18230

#8e6827

#6a4e1d

#473413

#231a0a

Tints

Color #cc9a43 mixed toward white.

#d4ab62

#ddbc82

#e5cca1

#eeddc0

#f6eee0

Tones

Color #cc9a43 mixed toward gray.

#c1974e

#b5945a

#aa9165

#9e8e71

#938a7c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b861 · ΔE 15.9

Deuteranopia

#bbbf67 · ΔE 17.8

Tritanopia

#ca7377 · ΔE 31.4

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 24.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cc9a43;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cc9a43]

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Frequently asked questions

#cc9a43 (#cc9a43) is rgb(204, 154, 67) in RGB.

No, #cc9a43 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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