Recognised as Colour

#8B4014

#8B4014
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#8B4014 is a orange with RGB values 139, 64, 20 and HSL 22°, 75%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#8B4014

RGBrgb(139, 64, 20)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.251, 0.0784

RGB percentages54.5%, 25.1%, 7.8%

HSLhsl(22.2, 74.8%, 31.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(22.2, 85.6%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 54%, 85.6%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,125,908

CSS custom property--colour: #8B4014;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09206WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness90.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.39:1

Contrast with white7.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D

Inverted#74BFEB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#554B0Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#685C12no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original

Tritanopia#992F37no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 3.3 Sienna · ΔE 8.4 Maroon · ΔE 21.8 Brown · ΔE 22.4 Dark red · ΔE 23.4 Firebrick · ΔE 26.9

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 3.29, a close match

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#145F8B

Analogous#8B1424, #8B7B14

Triadic#148B40, #40148B

Split complementary#148B7B, #14248B

Tetradic#248B14, #145F8B, #7B148B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDA77E

Lighter +30%#E68952

Lighter +20%#E06A25

Lighter +10%#B8551A

Darker −10%#5E2B0E

Darker −20%#321707

Darker −30%#050201

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9F3B00

Less saturated −25%#774528

Channel breakdown

R139

G64

B20

Red139 (54.5%)

Green64 (25.1%)

Blue20 (7.8%)

Hue22.18°

Saturation (HSL)74.84%

Lightness31.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 40 · B 14

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