#b5855e

Color #b5855e

A muted medium orange.

Closest named color Dark Salmon #e9967a · ΔE 17.96 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 13.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b5855e

RGB

rgb(181, 133, 94)

HSL

hsl(26.9, 37%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(26.9, 48.1%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 48.1%, 29%)

LAB

lab(59.35, 13.61, 28.19)

LCH

lch(59.35, 31.3, 64.23)

OKLCH

oklch(65.5%, 0.0798, 59.84)

HWB

hwb(26.9, 36.9%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5e8eb5

Analogous

#b55e62

#b5855e

#b5b05e

Triadic

#b5855e

#5eb585

#855eb5

Split-complementary

#b5855e

#5eb5b0

#5e62b5

Tetradic

#b5855e

#8eb55e

#5e8eb5

#855eb5

Square

#b5855e

#62b55e

#5e8eb5

#b05eb5

Shades

Color #b5855e mixed toward black.

#9d6e48

#7e583a

#5e422b

#3f2c1d

#1f160e

Tints

Color #b5855e mixed toward white.

#c19979

#ceae94

#dac2ae

#e6d6c9

#f3ebe4

Tones

Color #b5855e mixed toward gray.

#ae8665

#a6866c

#9f8774

#98887b

#918982

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.48:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a269 · ΔE 19.2

Deuteranopia

#a5a86c · ΔE 20.7

Tritanopia

#b37173 · ΔE 17.7

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b5855e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5855e]

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Saddle Brown #8b4513

Seashell #fff5ee

Peru #cd853f

Frequently asked questions

#b5855e (#b5855e) is rgb(181, 133, 94) in RGB.

No, #b5855e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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