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Recognised as Colour

#8A5E18

  • #8A5E18
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#8A5E18 is a orange with RGB values 138, 94, 24 and HSL 37°, 70%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#8A5E18#8A5E18
HEX#8A5E18
RGBrgb(138, 94, 24)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.3686, 0.0941
RGB percentages54.1%, 36.9%, 9.4%
HSLhsl(36.8, 70.4%, 31.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(36.8, 82.6%, 54.1%)
CMYK0%, 31.9%, 82.6%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,068,056
CSS custom property--colour: #8A5E18;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13475WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.68:1
Contrast with white5.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#626262
Inverted#75A1E7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6E600Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#786B1Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Tritanopia#975351no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.68:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.69:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 16.2Sienna · ΔE 19.6Peru · ΔE 21Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.3Olive · ΔE 28.9Chocolate · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 16.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#18448A
Analogous#8A2518, #7D8A18
Triadic#188A5E, #5E188A
Split complementary#187D8A, #25188A
Tetradic#188A25, #18448A, #8A187D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAC384
Lighter +30%#E2AD59
Lighter +20%#DB982D
Lighter +10%#B57C20
Darker −10%#5F4010
Darker −20%#332309
Darker −30%#080501
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#9E6304
Less saturated −25%#76592C

Channel breakdown

R138
G94
B24
Red138 (54.1%)
Green94 (36.9%)
Blue24 (9.4%)
Hue36.84°
Saturation (HSL)70.37%
Lightness31.76%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8A · G 5E · B 18

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