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Recognised as Colour

#8C7436

  • #8C7436
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#8C7436 is a orange with RGB values 140, 116, 54 and HSL 43°, 44%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#8C7436#8C7436
HEX#8C7436
RGBrgb(140, 116, 54)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.4549, 0.2118
RGB percentages54.9%, 45.5%, 21.2%
HSLhsl(43.3, 44.3%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(43.3, 61.4%, 54.9%)
CMYK0%, 17.1%, 61.4%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,204,790
CSS custom property--colour: #8C7436;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18333WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.67:1
Contrast with white4.5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.67:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#738BC9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#807330no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#867938no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Tritanopia#976B66no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 22.8Olive · ΔE 24.5Peru · ΔE 25.5Dark khaki · ΔE 25.8Saddle brown · ΔE 28Tan · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 22.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#364E8C
Analogous#8C4936, #798C36
Triadic#368C74, #74368C
Split complementary#36798C, #49368C
Tetradic#368C49, #364E8C, #8C3679

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0D2AE
Lighter +30%#D2BD89
Lighter +20%#C3A965
Lighter +10%#B19244
Darker −10%#675628
Darker −20%#42371A
Darker −30%#1E190B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A47F1E
Less saturated −25%#74694E

Channel breakdown

R140
G116
B54
Red140 (54.9%)
Green116 (45.5%)
Blue54 (21.2%)
Hue43.26°
Saturation (HSL)44.33%
Lightness38.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8C · G 74 · B 36

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