#e3a138

Color #e3a138

A vivid, highly saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Goldenrod #daa520 · ΔE 10.15 Nearest Tailwind class amber-500 #fe9a00 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#e3a138

RGB

rgb(227, 161, 56)

HSL

hsl(36.8, 75.3%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(36.8, 75.3%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 75.3%, 11%)

LAB

lab(70.95, 15.33, 61.23)

LCH

lch(70.95, 63.12, 75.94)

OKLCH

oklch(75.5%, 0.1396, 74.63)

HWB

hwb(36.8, 22%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#387ae3

Analogous

#e34b38

#e3a138

#d0e338

Triadic

#e3a138

#38e3a1

#a138e3

Split-complementary

#e3a138

#38d0e3

#4b38e3

Tetradic

#e3a138

#7ae338

#387ae3

#a138e3

Square

#e3a138

#38e34b

#387ae3

#e338d0

Shades

Color #e3a138 mixed toward black.

#cf8a1d

#a56e17

#7c5311

#53370c

#291c06

Tints

Color #e3a138 mixed toward white.

#e8b159

#ecc07a

#f1d09c

#f6e0bd

#faefde

Tones

Color #e3a138 mixed toward gray.

#d59e46

#c69a55

#b89763

#aa9471

#9c917f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cac960 · ΔE 19.9

Deuteranopia

#cdd267 · ΔE 22.1

Tritanopia

#e07579 · ΔE 32.9

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 26.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e3a138;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e3a138]

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Frequently asked questions

#e3a138 (#e3a138) is rgb(227, 161, 56) in RGB.

No, #e3a138 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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