#81663F

sRGB · 129 / 102 / 63

#81663F belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 129 red, 102 green and 63 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 35.5° lands in the orange region. Its 34.4% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 37.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.38:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 129, 102, 63
HSL: 35.45°, 34.37%, 37.65%
HSV / HSB: 35.45°, 51.16%, 50.59%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 20.93%, 51.16%, 49.41%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 14.701, 14.529, 6.733
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 44.982, 5.542, 26.060
WCAG relative luminance: 0.14529
24-bit decimal: 8480319

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #81663F in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 3.91:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text · 5.38:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#3F5A81 sits half a turn (180°) from #81663F on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#81663F #3F5A81

Analogous

#81453F and #7B813F sit 30° to either side of #81663F. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#81453F #81663F #7B813F

Triadic

#81663F, #3F8166 and #663F81 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#81663F #3F8166 #663F81

Split complementary

Start at #81663F and look across the wheel. #3F7B81 and #453F81 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#81663F #3F7B81 #453F81

Square

Starting with #81663F, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #3F8145, #3F5A81, then #813F7B. Across the square, #81663F pairs with #3F5A81, and #3F8145 with #813F7B.

#81663F #3F8145 #3F5A81 #813F7B

Tetradic

#81663F and #3F5A81 are opposites, as are #5A813F and #663F81. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#81663F #5A813F #3F5A81 #663F81

Tints

Mixing #81663F with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9A8565, keeps 80% of the original. By #E6E0D9, the mixture is 80% white.

#81663F #9A8565 #B3A38C #CDC2B2 #E6E0D9 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #81663F with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #675232, keeps 80% of the original. By #1A140D, the mixture is 80% black.

#81663F #675232 #4D3D26 #342919 #1A140D #000000

Tones

Mixing #81663F with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #816B4C, keeps 80% of the original. By #807B73, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#81663F #816B4C #817059 #807666 #807B73 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#81663F

RGB

rgb(129 102 63)

HSL

hsl(35.455 34.375% 37.647%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #81663F;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#81663F uses 129 red, 102 green and 63 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 50.6%

Green 40.0%

Blue 24.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #81663F is 0.0% cyan, 20.9% magenta, 51.2% yellow and 49.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 20.9%

Yellow 51.2%

Black 49.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #886644. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #864 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #81663F when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #996633, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #886644 Nearest web-safe · #996633

Gradient to complement

#81663F #76644A #6B6255 #606060 #555E6B #4A5C76 #3F5A81

Color vision previews

Compare how #81663F appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#70673C

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#776D40

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#8B5F5C

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#77673D

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#7A6A3F

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#82644C

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#6A6A6A

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#766858

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.21953 G 0.13287 B 0.04971

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.48916 G 0.40408 B 0.26857

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.20414 G 0.13574 B 0.05863

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.409 y 0.404 Y 14.529

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 49.412 M % 60.000 Y % 75.294

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10000001 01100110 00111111