Recognised as Colour

#8D421A

#8D421A
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#8D421A is a orange with RGB values 141, 66, 26 and HSL 21°, 69%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#8D421A

RGBrgb(141, 66, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.2588, 0.102

RGB percentages55.3%, 25.9%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(20.9, 68.9%, 32.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(20.9, 81.6%, 55.3%)

CMYK0%, 53.2%, 81.6%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,257,498

CSS custom property--colour: #8D421A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09634WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness92.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.18:1

Contrast with white7.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F

Inverted#72BDE5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#574D14no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#695E18no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original

Tritanopia#9B323Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 4.3 Sienna · ΔE 6.9 Brown · ΔE 21.7 Maroon · ΔE 22.2 Dark red · ΔE 23.9 Firebrick · ΔE 26.8

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 4.31, a close match

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1A658D

Analogous#8D1A2C, #8D7B1A

Triadic#1A8D42, #421A8D

Split complementary#1A8D7B, #1A2C8D

Tetradic#2B8D1A, #1A658D, #7B1A8D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9AB8A

Lighter +30%#E18C5F

Lighter +20%#D96D34

Lighter +10%#B85622

Darker −10%#622E12

Darker −20%#371A0A

Darker −30%#0C0602

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A23C05

Less saturated −25%#78482F

Channel breakdown

R141

G66

B26

Red141 (55.3%)

Green66 (25.9%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue20.87°

Saturation (HSL)68.86%

Lightness32.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8D · G 42 · B 1A

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