Colour

#8A4800

#8A4800
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#8A4800 is a orange with RGB values 138, 72, 0 and HSL 31°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#8A4800

RGBrgb(138, 72, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.2824, 0

RGB percentages54.1%, 28.2%, 0%

HSLhsl(31.3, 100%, 27.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(31.3, 100%, 54.1%)

CMYK0%, 47.8%, 100%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,062,400

CSS custom property--colour: #8A4800;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10038WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness93.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.98:1

Contrast with white6.98:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#515151

Inverted#75B7FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5C5000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C5F00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original

Tritanopia#98393Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 7.2 Sienna · ΔE 14.5 Peru · ΔE 24 Chocolate · ΔE 24.1 Maroon · ΔE 28.8 Dark red · ΔE 29.5

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 7.17, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00428A

Analogous#8A0300, #878A00

Triadic#008A48, #48008A

Split complementary#00878A, #03008A

Tetradic#008A03, #00428A, #8A0087

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFAF57

Lighter +30%#FF9624

Lighter +20%#F07D00

Lighter +10%#BD6300

Darker −10%#572D00

Darker −20%#241300

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8A4800

Less saturated −25%#794711

Channel breakdown

R138

G72

Red138 (54.1%)

Green72 (28.2%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue31.3°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness27.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8A · G 48 · B 00

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