#e3c28e

Color #e3c28e

A moderately saturated light orange.

Closest named color Burlywood #deb887 · ΔE 4.01 Nearest Tailwind class orange-200 #ffd6a7 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#e3c28e

RGB

rgb(227, 194, 142)

HSL

hsl(36.7, 60.3%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(36.7, 37.4%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 37.4%, 11%)

LAB

lab(80.11, 4.55, 30.52)

LCH

lch(80.11, 30.86, 81.52)

OKLCH

oklch(83%, 0.0775, 78.69)

HWB

hwb(36.7, 55.7%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8eafe3

Analogous

#e3988e

#e3c28e

#dae38e

Triadic

#e3c28e

#8ee3c2

#c28ee3

Split-complementary

#e3c28e

#8edae3

#988ee3

Tetradic

#e3c28e

#afe38e

#8eafe3

#c28ee3

Square

#e3c28e

#8ee398

#8eafe3

#e38eda

Shades

Color #e3c28e mixed toward black.

#d7a75d

#c58c31

#946925

#634618

#31230c

Tints

Color #e3c28e mixed toward white.

#e8cca1

#ecd6b4

#f1e1c7

#f6ebd9

#faf5ec

Tones

Color #e3c28e mixed toward gray.

#dcc195

#d5bf9c

#cebda3

#c7bcaa

#c0bab2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d6d59d · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#d7daa0 · ΔE 12.6

Tritanopia

#e1a7a9 · ΔE 23.5

Achromatopsia

#c7c7c7 · ΔE 18.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e3c28e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e3c28e]

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Frequently asked questions

#e3c28e (#e3c28e) is rgb(227, 194, 142) in RGB.

No, #e3c28e 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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