Colour

#8C3814

#8C3814
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#8C3814 is a orange with RGB values 140, 56, 20 and HSL 18°, 75%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#8C3814

RGBrgb(140, 56, 20)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.2196, 0.0784

RGB percentages54.9%, 22%, 7.8%

HSLhsl(18, 75%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(18, 85.7%, 54.9%)

CMYK0%, 60%, 85.7%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,189,396

CSS custom property--colour: #8C3814;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08454WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness88 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.8:1

Contrast with white7.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#474747

Inverted#73C7EB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#50460Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#645910no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original

Tritanopia#9A2431no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 8.2 Sienna · ΔE 10.3 Maroon · ΔE 17 Brown · ΔE 17.9 Dark red · ΔE 18.7 Firebrick · ΔE 22.5

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 8.25, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#14688C

Analogous#8C142C, #8C7414

Triadic#148C38, #38148C

Split complementary#148C74, #142C8C

Tetradic#2C8C14, #14688C, #74148C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDA07F

Lighter +30%#E67F53

Lighter +20%#E05E26

Lighter +10%#B94A1A

Darker −10%#5F260E

Darker −20%#331407

Darker −30%#060201

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A03000

Less saturated −25%#784028

Channel breakdown

R140

G56

B20

Red140 (54.9%)

Green56 (22%)

Blue20 (7.8%)

Hue18°

Saturation (HSL)75%

Lightness31.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8C · G 38 · B 14

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