Recognised as Colour

#8B703B

#8B703B
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#8B703B is a orange with RGB values 139, 112, 59 and HSL 40°, 40%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#8B703B

RGBrgb(139, 112, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.4392, 0.2314

RGB percentages54.5%, 43.9%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(39.8, 40.4%, 38.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(39.8, 57.6%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 19.4%, 57.6%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,138,235

CSS custom property--colour: #8B703B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17393WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness116.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.69:1

Contrast with white4.69:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#727272

Inverted#748FC4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7C7036no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#82773Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original

Tritanopia#966864no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.8 Sienna · ΔE 26 Peru · ΔE 26.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 26.4 Tan · ΔE 27.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 23.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3B568B

Analogous#8B483B, #7E8B3B

Triadic#3B8B70, #703B8B

Split complementary#3B7E8B, #483B8B

Tetradic#3B8B48, #3B568B, #8B3B7E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DFD0B3

Lighter +30%#D0BA8F

Lighter +20%#C0A46C

Lighter +10%#AF8D4A

Darker −10%#67532C

Darker −20%#43361D

Darker −30%#20190D

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A47822

Less saturated −25%#726854

Channel breakdown

R139

G112

B59

Red139 (54.5%)

Green112 (43.9%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue39.75°

Saturation (HSL)40.4%

Lightness38.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 70 · B 3B

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