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Recognised as Colour

#8E3700

  • #8E3700
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#8E3700 is a orange with RGB values 142, 55, 0 and HSL 23°, 100%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#8E3700#8E3700
HEX#8E3700
RGBrgb(142, 55, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.2157, 0
RGB percentages55.7%, 21.6%, 0%
HSLhsl(23.2, 100%, 27.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(23.2, 100%, 55.7%)
CMYK0%, 61.3%, 100%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,320,192
CSS custom property--colour: #8E3700;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08483WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness88.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.79:1
Contrast with white7.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#464646
Inverted#71C8FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#514600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#665A00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original
Tritanopia#9D202Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.79:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 10.1Sienna · ΔE 14.9Maroon · ΔE 18.3Dark red · ΔE 18.4Brown · ΔE 21.9Firebrick · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 10.15, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#00578E
Analogous#8E0010, #8E7E00
Triadic#008E37, #37008E
Split complementary#008E7E, #00108E
Tetradic#108E00, #00578E, #7E008E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FF9B5B
Lighter +30%#FF7B28
Lighter +20%#F45F00
Lighter +10%#C14B00
Darker −10%#5B2300
Darker −20%#280F00
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8E3700
Less saturated −25%#7C3B12

Channel breakdown

R142
G55
B0
Red142 (55.7%)
Green55 (21.6%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue23.24°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness27.84%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8E · G 37 · B 00

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