Colour

#8B4500

#8B4500
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#8B4500 is a orange with RGB values 139, 69, 0 and HSL 30°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#8B4500

RGBrgb(139, 69, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.2706, 0

RGB percentages54.5%, 27.1%, 0%

HSLhsl(29.8, 100%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(29.8, 100%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 50.4%, 100%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,127,168

CSS custom property--colour: #8B4500;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09745WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness92.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.12:1

Contrast with white7.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F

Inverted#74BAFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5A4E00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#6B5E00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original

Tritanopia#99353Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 6.5 Sienna · ΔE 13.8 Chocolate · ΔE 23.5 Peru · ΔE 24.8 Maroon · ΔE 26.7 Dark red · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 6.46, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00468B

Analogous#8B0000, #8B8B00

Triadic#008B45, #45008B

Split complementary#008B8B, #00008B

Tetradic#008B00, #00468B, #8B008B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFAB58

Lighter +30%#FF9125

Lighter +20%#F17800

Lighter +10%#BE5E00

Darker −10%#582C00

Darker −20%#251200

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8B4500

Less saturated −25%#7A4511

Channel breakdown

R139

G69

Red139 (54.5%)

Green69 (27.1%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue29.78°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness27.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 45 · B 00

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