#ce9c48

Color #ce9c48

A moderately saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Peru #cd853f · ΔE 13.1 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#ce9c48

RGB

rgb(206, 156, 72)

HSL

hsl(37.6, 57.8%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.6, 65%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 65%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(67.55, 9.85, 50.03)

LCH

lch(67.55, 50.99, 78.86)

OKLCH

oklch(72.4%, 0.1171, 77.97)

HWB

hwb(37.6, 28.2%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#487ace

Analogous

#ce5948

#ce9c48

#bdce48

Triadic

#ce9c48

#48ce9c

#9c48ce

Split-complementary

#ce9c48

#48bdce

#5948ce

Tetradic

#ce9c48

#7ace48

#487ace

#9c48ce

Square

#ce9c48

#48ce59

#487ace

#ce48bd

Shades

Color #ce9c48 mixed toward black.

#b78531

#926a27

#6e501d

#493514

#251b0a

Tints

Color #ce9c48 mixed toward white.

#d6ac66

#debd85

#e7cda3

#efdec2

#f7eee0

Tones

Color #ce9c48 mixed toward gray.

#c39953

#b8965e

#ad9369

#a19175

#968e80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#baba65 · ΔE 16.2

Deuteranopia

#bdc16a · ΔE 17.9

Tritanopia

#cc7679 · ΔE 30.4

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 23.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ce9c48;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ce9c48]

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Frequently asked questions

#ce9c48 (#ce9c48) is rgb(206, 156, 72) in RGB.

No, #ce9c48 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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