Colour

#8B5F00

#8B5F00
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#8B5F00 is a orange with RGB values 139, 95, 0 and HSL 41°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#8B5F00#8B5F00

HEX#8B5F00

RGBrgb(139, 95, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.3725, 0

RGB percentages54.5%, 37.3%, 0%

HSLhsl(41, 100%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(41, 100%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 31.7%, 100%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,133,824

CSS custom property--colour: #8B5F00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13673WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness105.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.62:1

Contrast with white5.62:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#616161

Inverted#74A0FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6F6100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A6C06no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.7 from the original

Tritanopia#985350no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.73:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 19.7 Peru · ΔE 21.1 Sienna · ΔE 24.2 Olive · ΔE 25.8 Chocolate · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 19.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#002C8B

Analogous#8B1900, #728B00

Triadic#008B5F, #5F008B

Split complementary#00728B, #1A008B

Tetradic#008B19, #002C8B, #8B0071

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFCA58

Lighter +30%#FFBA25

Lighter +20%#F1A500

Lighter +10%#BE8200

Darker −10%#583C00

Darker −20%#251900

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8B5F00

Less saturated −25%#7A5911

Channel breakdown

R139

G95

Red139 (54.5%)

Green95 (37.3%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue41.01°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness27.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 5F · B 00

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