#78350F — Tints, Shades & Color Values

#78350F

#78350F is a dark, vivid orange. In Tailwind CSS this exact color is the utility class amber-900 (e.g. bg-amber-900, text-amber-900). Its nearest CSS named color is saddlebrown (#8b4513). For readable text on a #78350F background, white text gives the strongest contrast (9.07:1). Because it is dark, #78350F suits text, navigation bars, and footers on light backgrounds, and its tints make natural hover and surface colors.

Want to fine-tune this color interactively? Open #78350F in the tint & shade generator to explore the full lightness, hue, and chroma scales and copy any step.

Color Values

Hex#78350F
RGBrgb(120, 53, 15)
HSLhsl(22, 78%, 26%)
HSV / HSB22°, 88%, 47%
Nearest namedsaddlebrown (#8b4513)

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#78350F in Tailwind CSS (amber-900)

#78350F ships with Tailwind CSS as amber-900 — use it as bg-amber-900, text-amber-900, or border-amber-900. It sits at step 900 of the amber ramp; every other step links to its own page:

Browse the full Tailwind palette in the color library, or generate in-between steps with the tint & shade generator.

Tints of #78350F (Mixed with White)

Each step blends the base color toward white using new = old + (255 − old) × factor. Click a swatch to open it in the generator.

Shades of #78350F (Mixed with Black)

Each step blends the base color toward black using new = old × (1 − factor).

WCAG Contrast & Accessibility

Contrast ratios for text placed on a #78350F background. WCAG requires 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 3:1 for large text (AA), and 7:1 for normal text (AAA).

Text color White text 9.07:1 — AA normal: Pass · AA large: Pass · AAA: Pass
Black text 2.31:1 — AA normal: Fail · AA large: Fail · AAA: Fail

If neither pure white nor pure black reaches the level you need, pick a lighter tint of #78350F from the ramps above as the background instead — small lightness moves change contrast quickly. Test any other pair with the free contrast checker.

More orange colors in the library: #713F12 (yellow-900), #7C2D12 (orange-900), #854D0E (yellow-800), #A16207 (yellow-700), #9A3412 (orange-800), #422006 (yellow-950).

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