#B8860B

A dark, vivid orange closely aligning with Darkgoldenrod.

About #B8860B

When working with digital screens, the color #B8860B is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Darkgoldenrod. In the RGB color space, it consists of 184 red, 134 green, and 11 blue.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 27% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 42.7 degrees, it sits comfortably in the orange spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#B8860B
RGB184, 134, 11
HSL42.7°, 88.7%, 38.2%
CMYK0%, 27%, 94%, 28%
HSV42.7°, 94.0%, 72.2%
LAB59.2, 9.9, 62.7
XYZ28.4, 27.3, 4.1
Decimal12092939

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.25:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
6.45:1
Text on #000000
AA
3.11:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
5.49:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #B8860B; }
.text-color { color: #B8860B; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #B8860B; }

Similar Colors

Darkgoldenrod
#B8860B