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Recognised as Colour

#8D7437

  • #8D7437
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#8D7437 is a orange with RGB values 141, 116, 55 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

#8D7437#8D7437
HEX#8D7437
RGBrgb(141, 116, 55)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.4549, 0.2157
RGB percentages55.3%, 45.5%, 21.6%
HSLhsl(42.6, 43.9%, 38.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(42.6, 61%, 55.3%)
CMYK0%, 17.7%, 61%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,270,327
CSS custom property--colour: #8D7437;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18429WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.69:1
Contrast with white4.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.69:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#728BC8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#807331no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#867A39no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Tritanopia#986B66no 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 text4.48:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.2Olive · ΔE 25.1Peru · ΔE 25.1Dark khaki · ΔE 25.9Saddle brown · ΔE 27.7Sienna · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 23.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#37508D
Analogous#8D4937, #7B8D37
Triadic#378D74, #74378D
Split complementary#377B8D, #49378D
Tetradic#378D49, #37508D, #8D377B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0D2B0
Lighter +30%#D2BD8B
Lighter +20%#C4A866
Lighter +10%#B29245
Darker −10%#685629
Darker −20%#44381A
Darker −30%#1F190C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A67E1F
Less saturated −25%#756A50

Channel breakdown

R141
G116
B55
Red141 (55.3%)
Green116 (45.5%)
Blue55 (21.6%)
Hue42.56°
Saturation (HSL)43.88%
Lightness38.43%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8D · G 74 · B 37

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