Recognised as Colour

#896D37

#896D37
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#896D37 is a orange with RGB values 137, 109, 55 and HSL 40°, 43%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#896D37

RGBrgb(137, 109, 55)

RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.4275, 0.2157

RGB percentages53.7%, 42.7%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(39.5, 42.7%, 37.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(39.5, 59.9%, 53.7%)

CMYK0%, 20.4%, 59.9%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,006,391

CSS custom property--colour: #896D37;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16531WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.88:1

Contrast with white4.88:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F

Inverted#7692C8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#796D32no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original

Deuteranopia#807439no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original

Tritanopia#946461no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.1 Sienna · ΔE 25.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 25.3 Peru · ΔE 26.2 Olive · ΔE 28.9 Tan · ΔE 28.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 24.05, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#375389

Analogous#894437, #7C8937

Triadic#37896D, #6D3789

Split complementary#377C89, #443789

Tetradic#378944, #375389, #89377C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DECEAE

Lighter +30%#D0B889

Lighter +20%#C1A265

Lighter +10%#AD8A46

Darker −10%#655028

Darker −20%#40331A

Darker −30%#1C160B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A1751F

Less saturated −25%#71654F

Channel breakdown

R137

G109

B55

Red137 (53.7%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue39.51°

Saturation (HSL)42.71%

Lightness37.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 89 · G 6D · B 37

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