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Recognised as Colour

#8A6A23

  • #8A6A23
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Peru

#8A6A23 is a orange with RGB values 138, 106, 35 and HSL 41°, 60%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#8A6A23#8A6A23
HEX#8A6A23
RGBrgb(138, 106, 35)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.4157, 0.1373
RGB percentages54.1%, 41.6%, 13.7%
HSLhsl(41.4, 59.5%, 33.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(41.4, 74.6%, 54.1%)
CMYK0%, 23.2%, 74.6%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,071,139
CSS custom property--colour: #8A6A23;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15833WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.04:1
Contrast with white5.04:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#7595DC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#786A19no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#7F7226no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Tritanopia#96605Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 22.6Saddle brown · ΔE 23.2Olive · ΔE 23.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24Sienna · ΔE 25.3Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 22.64, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#23438A
Analogous#8A3723, #768A23
Triadic#238A6A, #6A238A
Split complementary#23778A, #36238A
Tetradic#238A37, #23438A, #8A2377

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4CB95
Lighter +30%#DAB86C
Lighter +20%#CFA444
Lighter +10%#B3892D
Darker −10%#614B19
Darker −20%#392C0E
Darker −30%#100C04
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A0720D
Less saturated −25%#746239

Channel breakdown

R138
G106
B35
Red138 (54.1%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue35 (13.7%)
Hue41.36°
Saturation (HSL)59.54%
Lightness33.92%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8A · G 6A · B 23

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