Colour
#8B4513
- #8B4513
- Orange
- Dark
- Named: Saddle brown
#8B4513 is the CSS colour orange with RGB values 139, 69, 19 and HSL 25°, 76%, 31%. 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
#8B4513#8B4513
HEX#8B4513
RGBrgb(139, 69, 19)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.2706, 0.0745
RGB percentages54.5%, 27.1%, 7.5%
HSLhsl(25, 75.9%, 31%)
HSV / HSBhsv(25, 86.3%, 54.5%)
CMYK0%, 50.4%, 86.3%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,127,187
CSS custom property--colour: #8B4513;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.09792WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness92.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.1:1
Contrast with white7.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#505050
Inverted#74BAEC
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.1:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Named colours
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usablesaddlebrown
Colour harmonies
Complementary#13598B
Analogous#8B131D, #8B8113
Triadic#138B45, #45138B
Split complementary#138B81, #131D8B
Tetradic#1D8B13, #13598B, #81138B
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R139
G69
B19
Red139 (54.5%)
Green69 (27.1%)
Blue19 (7.5%)
Hue25°
Saturation (HSL)75.95%
Lightness30.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8B · G 45 · B 13
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