Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#8B6E20

  • #8B6E20
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#8B6E20 is a orange with RGB values 139, 110, 32 and HSL 44°, 63%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#8B6E20#8B6E20
HEX#8B6E20
RGBrgb(139, 110, 32)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.4314, 0.1255
RGB percentages54.5%, 43.1%, 12.5%
HSLhsl(43.7, 62.6%, 33.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(43.7, 77%, 54.5%)
CMYK0%, 20.9%, 77%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,137,696
CSS custom property--colour: #8B6E20;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16745WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.83:1
Contrast with white4.83:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F
Inverted#7491DF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7C6D13no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#837524no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Tritanopia#97645Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 20.2Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.8Peru · ΔE 23Saddle brown · ΔE 25.8Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27.1Sienna · ΔE 28.1
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 20.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#203D8B
Analogous#8B3820, #738B20
Triadic#208B6E, #6E208B
Split complementary#20728B, #38208B
Tetradic#208B38, #203D8B, #8B2072

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6CF91
Lighter +30%#DCBD68
Lighter +20%#D3AA3E
Lighter +10%#B48F2A
Darker −10%#624D16
Darker −20%#382C0D
Darker −30%#0F0C03
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A0780B
Less saturated −25%#766435

Channel breakdown

R139
G110
B32
Red139 (54.5%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue32 (12.5%)
Hue43.74°
Saturation (HSL)62.57%
Lightness33.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8B · G 6E · B 20

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “8b6e20” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.