Recognised as Colour

#8E561D

#8E561D
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#8E561D is a orange with RGB values 142, 86, 29 and HSL 30°, 66%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#8E561D

RGBrgb(142, 86, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.3373, 0.1137

RGB percentages55.7%, 33.7%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(30.3, 66.1%, 33.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(30.3, 79.6%, 55.7%)

CMYK0%, 39.4%, 79.6%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,328,157

CSS custom property--colour: #8E561D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12495WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness102.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6:1

Contrast with white6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E

Inverted#71A9E2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#675B15no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#75681Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original

Tritanopia#9C494Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.5:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 9.2 Sienna · ΔE 12.2 Peru · ΔE 21.2 Chocolate · ΔE 28.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.1 Dark salmon · ΔE 32.3

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 9.19, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1D558E

Analogous#8E1E1D, #8E8E1D

Triadic#1D8E56, #561D8E

Split complementary#1D8D8E, #1E1D8E

Tetradic#1D8E1E, #1D558E, #8E1D8D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E8BC8F

Lighter +30%#DFA365

Lighter +20%#D7893A

Lighter +10%#B87026

Darker −10%#643C14

Darker −20%#39230C

Darker −30%#0F0903

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A35608

Less saturated −25%#795632

Channel breakdown

R142

G86

B29

Red142 (55.7%)

Green86 (33.7%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue30.27°

Saturation (HSL)66.08%

Lightness33.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8E · G 56 · B 1D

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Colour harmonies

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