#d9a979

Color #d9a979

A moderately saturated light orange.

Closest named color Burlywood #deb887 · ΔE 6.48 Nearest Tailwind class orange-300 #ffb86a · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#d9a979

RGB

rgb(217, 169, 121)

HSL

hsl(30, 55.8%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(30, 44.2%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 44.2%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(72.57, 11.53, 31.49)

LCH

lch(72.57, 33.53, 69.89)

OKLCH

oklch(76.8%, 0.0849, 66.03)

HWB

hwb(30, 47.5%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#79a9d9

Analogous

#d97979

#d9a979

#d9d979

Triadic

#d9a979

#79d9a9

#a979d9

Split-complementary

#d9a979

#79d9d9

#7979d9

Tetradic

#d9a979

#a9d979

#79a9d9

#a979d9

Square

#d9a979

#79d979

#79a9d9

#d979d9

Shades

Color #d9a979 mixed toward black.

#cd8d4d

#b07132

#845525

#583819

#2c1c0c

Tints

Color #d9a979 mixed toward white.

#dfb78f

#e6c6a6

#ecd4bc

#f2e2d2

#f9f1e9

Tones

Color #d9a979 mixed toward gray.

#d1a981

#c9a989

#c1a991

#b9a999

#b1a9a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c6c687 · ΔE 17.4

Deuteranopia

#c9cc8a · ΔE 18.7

Tritanopia

#d79092 · ΔE 20.7

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 19.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #d9a979;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#d9a979]

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Dark Orange #ff8c00

Frequently asked questions

#d9a979 (#d9a979) is rgb(217, 169, 121) in RGB.

No, #d9a979 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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