Recognised as Colour

#8C662A

#8C662A
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#8C662A is a orange with RGB values 140, 102, 42 and HSL 37°, 54%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#8C662A

RGBrgb(140, 102, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.4, 0.1647

RGB percentages54.9%, 40%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(36.7, 53.8%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(36.7, 70%, 54.9%)

CMYK0%, 27.1%, 70%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,201,194

CSS custom property--colour: #8C662A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15245WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness110.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.19:1

Contrast with white5.19:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A

Inverted#7399D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#746723no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#7D712Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Tritanopia#985C59no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 19.6 Sienna · ΔE 20.8 Peru · ΔE 22.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.4 Olive · ΔE 28.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 29.1

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 19.63, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2A508C

Analogous#8C352A, #818C2A

Triadic#2A8C66, #662A8C

Split complementary#2A818C, #352A8C

Tetradic#2A8C35, #2A508C, #8C2A81

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E2C8A0

Lighter +30%#D7B278

Lighter +20%#CB9C51

Lighter +10%#B38336

Darker −10%#65491E

Darker −20%#3E2D12

Darker −30%#161007

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A36B13

Less saturated −25%#756141

Channel breakdown

R140

G102

B42

Red140 (54.9%)

Green102 (40%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue36.73°

Saturation (HSL)53.85%

Lightness35.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8C · G 66 · B 2A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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