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Recognised as Colour

#8E533F

  • #8E533F
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sienna

#8E533F is a orange with RGB values 142, 83, 63 and HSL 15°, 39%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#8E533F#8E533F
HEX#8E533F
RGBrgb(142, 83, 63)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.3255, 0.2471
RGB percentages55.7%, 32.5%, 24.7%
HSLhsl(15.2, 38.5%, 40.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(15.2, 55.6%, 55.7%)
CMYK0%, 41.5%, 55.6%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,327,423
CSS custom property--colour: #8E533F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12296WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness102.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.07:1
Contrast with white6.07:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#71ACC0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#625B3Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#70673Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Tritanopia#9A494Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.07:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.46:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 15.3Saddle brown · ΔE 19.7Indian red · ΔE 25.3Rosy brown · ΔE 27.4Brown · ΔE 28.8Dark salmon · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 15.25, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3F7A8E
Analogous#8E3F53, #8E7A3F
Triadic#3F8E53, #533F8E
Split complementary#3F8E7B, #3F538E
Tetradic#538E3F, #3F7A8E, #7A3F8E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0C3B9
Lighter +30%#D0A596
Lighter +20%#C18672
Lighter +10%#B1684F
Darker −10%#6B3E2F
Darker −20%#472A20
Darker −30%#241510
Darker −40%#010000
More saturated +25%#A84625
Less saturated −25%#746059

Channel breakdown

R142
G83
B63
Red142 (55.7%)
Green83 (32.5%)
Blue63 (24.7%)
Hue15.19°
Saturation (HSL)38.54%
Lightness40.2%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8E · G 53 · B 3F

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