#b5873c

Color #b5873c

A moderately saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Peru #cd853f · ΔE 12.04 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#b5873c

RGB

rgb(181, 135, 60)

HSL

hsl(37.2, 50.2%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.2, 66.9%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 66.9%, 29%)

LAB

lab(59.42, 9.74, 46)

LCH

lch(59.42, 47.02, 78.04)

OKLCH

oklch(65.4%, 0.1076, 77)

HWB

hwb(37.2, 23.5%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3c6ab5

Analogous

#b54b3c

#b5873c

#a7b53c

Triadic

#b5873c

#3cb587

#873cb5

Split-complementary

#b5873c

#3ca7b5

#4b3cb5

Tetradic

#b5873c

#6ab53c

#3c6ab5

#873cb5

Square

#b5873c

#3cb54b

#3c6ab5

#b53ca7

Shades

Color #b5873c mixed toward black.

#977132

#795a28

#5b441e

#3c2d14

#1e170a

Tints

Color #b5873c mixed toward white.

#c79d57

#d2b078

#dec49a

#e9d8bc

#f4ebdd

Tones

Color #b5873c mixed toward gray.

#ab8546

#a18250

#97805a

#8d7d64

#837b6f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a356 · ΔE 15.9

Deuteranopia

#a6a95b · ΔE 17.4

Tritanopia

#b36568 · ΔE 28.7

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 22.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b5873c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5873c]

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Frequently asked questions

#b5873c (#b5873c) is rgb(181, 135, 60) in RGB.

No, #b5873c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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