Information about #8E400F color

#8E400F color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #8E400F is classified in the Register under the Orange Color Family, with High Saturation and Neutral brightness. In numbers: rgb(142, 64, 15) (55.7% red, 25.1% green, 5.9% blue), or CMYK 0 / 31 / 50 / 44 for print. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #8E400F reads as a strongly colored amber-leaning orange and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Saddle Brown (#8B4513). Slightly further away sit Mars Orange (#964514) and Citrine Brown (#933709).

In RGB terms — rgb(142, 64, 15) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 7.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.9:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #8E400F is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#8E400F color variations

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#8E400F color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #8E400F

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Saddle Brown color link
Saddle Brown

#8B4513

Mars Orange color link
Mars Orange

#964514

Iced Tea color link
Iced Tea

#923C01

Rusty Brown color link
Rusty Brown

#9E3C0E

Fuzzy Wuzzy color link
Fuzzy Wuzzy

#87421F

Oregon color link
Oregon

#9B4703

Russet color link
Russet

#80461B

Rust Brown color link
Rust Brown

#8B3103

Red Brown color link
Red Brown

#8B2E16

Rope color link
Rope

#8E4D1E

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#8E400F
  • RGB142, 64, 15
  • CMYK0, 31, 50, 44
  • CSSrgb(142, 64, 15)
  • HSL23°, 81%, 31%
  • HSL Precise23.15°, 80.892%, 30.784%
  • HSV23°, 89%, 56%
  • HSB23°, 89%, 56%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.557
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.251
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.059
  • GLSLvec3(0.557, 0.251, 0.059)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.557, 0.251, 0.059, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.557, 0.251, 0.059)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB55.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB25.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB5.9%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID8E400F
  • DECIMAL ID9322511
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01