#cf8a17

Color #cf8a17

A vivid, highly saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Dark Goldenrod #b8860b · ΔE 9.14 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 1.2

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Conversions

HEX

#cf8a17

RGB

rgb(207, 138, 23)

HSL

hsl(37.5, 80%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.5, 88.9%, 81.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 88.9%, 18.8%)

LAB

lab(62.93, 18.08, 64.24)

LCH

lch(62.93, 66.74, 74.28)

OKLCH

oklch(68.7%, 0.1413, 72.41)

HWB

hwb(37.5, 9%, 18.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#175ccf

Analogous

#cf2e17

#cf8a17

#b8cf17

Triadic

#cf8a17

#17cf8a

#8a17cf

Split-complementary

#cf8a17

#17b8cf

#2e17cf

Tetradic

#cf8a17

#5ccf17

#175ccf

#8a17cf

Square

#cf8a17

#17cf2e

#175ccf

#cf17b8

Shades

Color #cf8a17 mixed toward black.

#ad7313

#8a5c0f

#68450c

#452e08

#231704

Tints

Color #cf8a17 mixed toward white.

#e8a22d

#ecb457

#f1c781

#f6daab

#faecd5

Tones

Color #cf8a17 mixed toward gray.

#c08626

#b08236

#a17f45

#927b54

#827764

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b54a · ΔE 21.8

Deuteranopia

#b9be51 · ΔE 24

Tritanopia

#cc5f63 · ΔE 32.5

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 26.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cf8a17;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cf8a17]

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Frequently asked questions

#cf8a17 (#cf8a17) is rgb(207, 138, 23) in RGB.

No, #cf8a17 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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