Colour

#8A2F00

#8A2F00
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#8A2F00 is a orange with RGB values 138, 47, 0 and HSL 20°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#8A2F00#8A2F00

HEX#8A2F00

RGBrgb(138, 47, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.1843, 0

RGB percentages54.1%, 18.4%, 0%

HSLhsl(20.4, 100%, 27.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(20.4, 100%, 54.1%)

CMYK0%, 65.9%, 100%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,056,000

CSS custom property--colour: #8A2F00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07436WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness83.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.44:1

Contrast with white8.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F

Inverted#75D0FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4A4000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#605500no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original

Tritanopia#991328no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 12.1 Maroon · ΔE 14.8 Dark red · ΔE 15.1 Sienna · ΔE 16.2 Brown · ΔE 19.5 Firebrick · ΔE 21.1

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 12.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#005B8A

Analogous#8A0016, #8A7400

Triadic#008A2F, #2F008A

Split complementary#008A74, #00168A

Tetradic#168A00, #005B8A, #74008A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF9057

Lighter +30%#FF6F24

Lighter +20%#F05200

Lighter +10%#BD4000

Darker −10%#571E00

Darker −20%#240C00

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8A2F00

Less saturated −25%#793411

Channel breakdown

R138

G47

Red138 (54.1%)

Green47 (18.4%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue20.43°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness27.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8A · G 2F · B 00

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