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Recognised as Colour

#8A6721

  • #8A6721
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#8A6721 is a orange with RGB values 138, 103, 33 and HSL 40°, 61%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#8A6721#8A6721
HEX#8A6721
RGBrgb(138, 103, 33)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.4039, 0.1294
RGB percentages54.1%, 40.4%, 12.9%
HSLhsl(40, 61.4%, 33.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(40, 76.1%, 54.1%)
CMYK0%, 25.4%, 76.1%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,070,369
CSS custom property--colour: #8A6721;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15214WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.19:1
Contrast with white5.19:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#696969
Inverted#7598DE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#756817no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#7D7024no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Tritanopia#965D59no 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 text5.19:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 21.4Peru · ΔE 22.1Sienna · ΔE 23.7Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.1Olive · ΔE 24.9Dark olivegreen · ΔE 28.7
Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 21.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#21448A
Analogous#8A3221, #788A21
Triadic#218A67, #67218A
Split complementary#21798A, #33218A
Tetradic#218A32, #21448A, #8A2178

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5C992
Lighter +30%#DBB569
Lighter +20%#D1A140
Lighter +10%#B3862B
Darker −10%#614817
Darker −20%#382A0D
Darker −30%#0F0B03
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#9F6E0C
Less saturated −25%#756036

Channel breakdown

R138
G103
B33
Red138 (54.1%)
Green103 (40.4%)
Blue33 (12.9%)
Hue40°
Saturation (HSL)61.4%
Lightness33.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8A · G 67 · B 21

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