Recognised as Colour

#8A503B

#8A503B
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#8A503B is a orange with RGB values 138, 80, 59 and HSL 16°, 40%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

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HEX#8A503B

RGBrgb(138, 80, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.3137, 0.2314

RGB percentages54.1%, 31.4%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(15.9, 40.1%, 38.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(15.9, 57.2%, 54.1%)

CMYK0%, 42%, 57.2%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,064,507

CSS custom property--colour: #8A503B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11456WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness99.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.38:1

Contrast with white6.38:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B

Inverted#75AFC4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5F5839no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#6D643Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.2 from the original

Tritanopia#96464Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.29:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 15.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 19 Indian red · ΔE 26.2 Rosy brown · ΔE 28.8 Brown · ΔE 28.8 Dark salmon · ΔE 30.5

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 15.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3B758A

Analogous#8A3B4E, #8A773B

Triadic#3B8A50, #503B8A

Split complementary#3B8A77, #3B4E8A

Tetradic#4E8A3B, #3B758A, #773B8A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DEBEB3

Lighter +30%#CFA08F

Lighter +20%#C0826B

Lighter +10%#AE654A

Darker −10%#663B2C

Darker −20%#43271C

Darker −30%#1F120D

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A34422

Less saturated −25%#715C54

Channel breakdown

R138

G80

B59

Red138 (54.1%)

Green80 (31.4%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue15.95°

Saturation (HSL)40.1%

Lightness38.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8A · G 50 · B 3B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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