Colour

#8B4700

#8B4700
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#8B4700 is a orange with RGB values 139, 71, 0 and HSL 31°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#8B4700

RGBrgb(139, 71, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.2784, 0

RGB percentages54.5%, 27.8%, 0%

HSLhsl(30.6, 100%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(30.6, 100%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 48.9%, 100%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,127,680

CSS custom property--colour: #8B4700;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09995WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness93.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7:1

Contrast with white7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#505050

Inverted#74B8FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5B4F00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C5F00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original

Tritanopia#99373Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.1 from the original

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

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

Contrast with black, large text3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 6.9 Sienna · ΔE 14.2 Chocolate · ΔE 23.6 Peru · ΔE 24.2 Maroon · ΔE 27.9 Dark red · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 6.9, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00448B

Analogous#8B0200, #898B00

Triadic#008B47, #47008B

Split complementary#00898B, #02008B

Tetradic#008B02, #00448B, #8B0089

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFAD58

Lighter +30%#FF9425

Lighter +20%#F17B00

Lighter +10%#BE6100

Darker −10%#582D00

Darker −20%#251300

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8B4700

Less saturated −25%#7A4711

Channel breakdown

R139

G71

Red139 (54.5%)

Green71 (27.8%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue30.65°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness27.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 47 · B 00

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