Recognised as Colour

#8B6020

#8B6020
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#8B6020 is a orange with RGB values 139, 96, 32 and HSL 36°, 63%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#8B6020#8B6020

HEX#8B6020

RGBrgb(139, 96, 32)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.3765, 0.1255

RGB percentages54.5%, 37.6%, 12.5%

HSLhsl(35.9, 62.6%, 33.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(35.9, 77%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 30.9%, 77%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,134,112

CSS custom property--colour: #8B6020;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13959WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness106.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.54:1

Contrast with white5.54:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#656565

Inverted#749FDF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6F6217no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#796D22no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original

Tritanopia#985553no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.79:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 16.5 Sienna · ΔE 18.9 Peru · ΔE 21.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 26 Olive · ΔE 29.6 Chocolate · ΔE 32.1

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 16.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#204B8B

Analogous#8B2A20, #818B20

Triadic#208B60, #60208B

Split complementary#20818B, #2A208B

Tetradic#208B2A, #204B8B, #8B2081

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E6C491

Lighter +30%#DCAD68

Lighter +20%#D3973E

Lighter +10%#B47D2A

Darker −10%#624316

Darker −20%#38270D

Darker −30%#0F0A03

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A0640B

Less saturated −25%#765C35

Channel breakdown

R139

G96

B32

Red139 (54.5%)

Green96 (37.6%)

Blue32 (12.5%)

Hue35.89°

Saturation (HSL)62.57%

Lightness33.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 60 · B 20

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