Colour

#873F15

#873F15
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#873F15 is a orange with RGB values 135, 63, 21 and HSL 22°, 73%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#873F15

RGBrgb(135, 63, 21)

RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.2471, 0.0824

RGB percentages52.9%, 24.7%, 8.2%

HSLhsl(22.1, 73.1%, 30.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(22.1, 84.4%, 52.9%)

CMYK0%, 53.3%, 84.4%, 47.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,863,509

CSS custom property--colour: #873F15;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0876WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness88.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.63:1

Contrast with white7.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B

Inverted#78C0EA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#544A0Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#655A13no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original

Tritanopia#952F37no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 3.8 Sienna · ΔE 8.7 Maroon · ΔE 22.3 Brown · ΔE 23 Dark red · ΔE 24.3 Firebrick · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 3.83, a close match

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#155D87

Analogous#871524, #877815

Triadic#15873F, #3F1587

Split complementary#158778, #152487

Tetradic#248715, #155D87, #781587

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#EBA67D

Lighter +30%#E48751

Lighter +20%#DD6925

Lighter +10%#B3541C

Darker −10%#5B2A0E

Darker −20%#2F1607

Darker −30%#030100

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9B3A02

Less saturated −25%#744429

Channel breakdown

R135

G63

B21

Red135 (52.9%)

Green63 (24.7%)

Blue21 (8.2%)

Hue22.11°

Saturation (HSL)73.08%

Lightness30.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 87 · G 3F · B 15

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