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Colour

#8E3500

  • #8E3500
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#8E3500 is a orange with RGB values 142, 53, 0 and HSL 22°, 100%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#8E3500#8E3500
HEX#8E3500
RGBrgb(142, 53, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.2078, 0
RGB percentages55.7%, 20.8%, 0%
HSLhsl(22.4, 100%, 27.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(22.4, 100%, 55.7%)
CMYK0%, 62.7%, 100%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,319,680
CSS custom property--colour: #8E3500;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08297WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness87.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.9:1
Contrast with white7.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#444444
Inverted#71CAFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4F4500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#655900no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9D1C2Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 11Sienna · ΔE 15.3Maroon · ΔE 17.3Dark red · ΔE 17.3Brown · ΔE 21.1Firebrick · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 10.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#00598E
Analogous#8E0012, #8E7C00
Triadic#008E35, #35008E
Split complementary#008E7C, #00128E
Tetradic#128E00, #00598E, #7C008E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FF985B
Lighter +30%#FF7828
Lighter +20%#F45B00
Lighter +10%#C14800
Darker −10%#5B2200
Darker −20%#280F00
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8E3500
Less saturated −25%#7C3A12

Channel breakdown

R142
G53
B0
Red142 (55.7%)
Green53 (20.8%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue22.39°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness27.84%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8E · G 35 · B 00

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