Colour

#8C642F

#8C642F
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#8C642F is a orange with RGB values 140, 100, 47 and HSL 34°, 50%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#8C642F

RGBrgb(140, 100, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.3922, 0.1843

RGB percentages54.9%, 39.2%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(34.2, 49.7%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(34.2, 66.4%, 54.9%)

CMYK0%, 28.6%, 66.4%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,200,687

CSS custom property--colour: #8C642F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14895WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness109.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.28:1

Contrast with white5.28:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#696969

Inverted#739BD0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#72662Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#7B7030no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original

Tritanopia#985A58no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.98:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 18.7 Sienna · ΔE 19 Peru · ΔE 23.1 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 29.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 30.3 Dark salmon · ΔE 31.2

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 18.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2F578C

Analogous#8C352F, #868C2F

Triadic#2F8C64, #642F8C

Split complementary#2F858C, #362F8C

Tetradic#2F8C35, #2F578C, #8C2F85

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E1C8A6

Lighter +30%#D4B080

Lighter +20%#C7985A

Lighter +10%#B27F3C

Darker −10%#664922

Darker −20%#402D15

Darker −30%#191209

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A36718

Less saturated −25%#756146

Channel breakdown

R140

G100

B47

Red140 (54.9%)

Green100 (39.2%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue34.19°

Saturation (HSL)49.73%

Lightness36.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8C · G 64 · B 2F

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