#8a6d51

Color #8a6d51

A muted medium orange.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 21.7 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-500 #7c6d67 · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8a6d51

RGB

rgb(138, 109, 81)

HSL

hsl(29.5, 26%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(29.5, 41.3%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 21%, 41.3%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(48.18, 7.47, 20.02)

LCH

lch(48.18, 21.37, 69.54)

OKLCH

oklch(55.6%, 0.0549, 65.35)

HWB

hwb(29.5, 31.8%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#516e8a

Analogous

#8a5151

#8a6d51

#8a8951

Triadic

#8a6d51

#518a6d

#6d518a

Split-complementary

#8a6d51

#518a89

#51518a

Tetradic

#8a6d51

#6e8a51

#516e8a

#6d518a

Square

#8a6d51

#518a51

#516e8a

#89518a

Shades

Color #8a6d51 mixed toward black.

#735b43

#5c4936

#453628

#2e241b

#17120d

Tints

Color #8a6d51 mixed toward white.

#a58566

#b79e85

#c9b6a3

#dbcec2

#ede7e0

Tones

Color #8a6d51 mixed toward gray.

#856d56

#806d5a

#7c6d5f

#776d64

#726d69

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.39:1

White text reads better on this background (4.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7e59 · ΔE 14.9

Deuteranopia

#80825b · ΔE 16.1

Tritanopia

#895e60 · ΔE 16

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 15.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a6d51;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a6d51]

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Frequently asked questions

#8a6d51 (#8a6d51) is rgb(138, 109, 81) in RGB.

No, #8a6d51 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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