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Recognised as Colour

#856A3F

  • #856A3F
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#856A3F is a orange with RGB values 133, 106, 63 and HSL 37°, 36%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#856A3F#856A3F
HEX#856A3F
RGBrgb(133, 106, 63)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.4157, 0.2471
RGB percentages52.2%, 41.6%, 24.7%
HSLhsl(36.9, 35.7%, 38.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(36.9, 52.6%, 52.2%)
CMYK0%, 20.3%, 52.6%, 47.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,743,487
CSS custom property--colour: #856A3F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15653WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.08:1
Contrast with white5.08:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#7A95C0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#756A3Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#7B7140no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Tritanopia#8F6260no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.08:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.13:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.4Sienna · ΔE 25.6Saddle brown · ΔE 26.6Dim grey · ΔE 28.6Tan · ΔE 28.7Gray · ΔE 29.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 24.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3F5A85
Analogous#85473F, #7D853F
Triadic#3F856A, #6A3F85
Split complementary#3F7D85, #473F85
Tetradic#3F8547, #3F5A85, #853F7D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DCCCB4
Lighter +30%#CBB592
Lighter +20%#BB9E6F
Lighter +10%#A8864F
Darker −10%#624E2F
Darker −20%#40331E
Darker −30%#1D170E
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#9E7027
Less saturated −25%#6D6458

Channel breakdown

R133
G106
B63
Red133 (52.2%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue63 (24.7%)
Hue36.86°
Saturation (HSL)35.71%
Lightness38.43%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 85 · G 6A · B 3F

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