#bb985e

Color #bb985e

A moderately saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Burlywood #deb887 · ΔE 13.36 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 11.4

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Conversions

HEX

#bb985e

RGB

rgb(187, 152, 94)

HSL

hsl(37.4, 40.6%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.4, 49.7%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 49.7%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(64.83, 5.64, 35.29)

LCH

lch(64.83, 35.74, 80.92)

OKLCH

oklch(69.9%, 0.0866, 79.22)

HWB

hwb(37.4, 36.9%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5e81bb

Analogous

#bb695e

#bb985e

#b0bb5e

Triadic

#bb985e

#5ebb98

#985ebb

Split-complementary

#bb985e

#5eb0bb

#695ebb

Tetradic

#bb985e

#81bb5e

#5e81bb

#985ebb

Square

#bb985e

#5ebb69

#5e81bb

#bb5eb0

Shades

Color #bb985e mixed toward black.

#a58146

#846738

#634d2a

#42341c

#211a0e

Tints

Color #bb985e mixed toward white.

#c6a979

#d2ba94

#ddcbaf

#e8ddc9

#f4eee4

Tones

Color #bb985e mixed toward gray.

#b39666

#ab946e

#a49275

#9c907d

#948e85

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adad70 · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#afb173 · ΔE 13.3

Tritanopia

#b97b7e · ΔE 25.7

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 19.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bb985e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb985e]

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Frequently asked questions

#bb985e (#bb985e) is rgb(187, 152, 94) in RGB.

No, #bb985e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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