#896404

sRGB · 137 / 100 / 4

#896404 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 137 red, 100 green and 4 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 43.3° lands in the orange region. Its 94.3% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 27.6% 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 (5.40:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 137, 100, 4
HSL: 43.31°, 94.33%, 27.65%
HSV / HSB: 43.31°, 97.08%, 53.73%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 27.01%, 97.08%, 46.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 14.895, 14.442, 2.118
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 44.860, 7.243, 51.148
WCAG relative luminance: 0.14441
24-bit decimal: 9004036

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 #896404 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 · 3.89:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text · 5.40:1

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

#042989 sits half a turn (180°) from #896404 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.

#896404 #042989

Analogous

#892204 and #6B8904 sit 30° to either side of #896404. 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.

#892204 #896404 #6B8904

Triadic

#896404, #048964 and #640489 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#896404 #048964 #640489

Split complementary

Start at #896404 and look across the wheel. #046B89 and #220489 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#896404 #046B89 #220489

Square

Starting with #896404, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #048921, #042989, then #89046B. Across the square, #896404 pairs with #042989, and #048921 with #89046B.

#896404 #048921 #042989 #89046B

Tetradic

#896404 and #042989 are opposites, as are #298904 and #640489. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#896404 #298904 #042989 #640489

Tints

Mixing #896404 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A18336, keeps 80% of the original. By #E7E0CD, the mixture is 80% white.

#896404 #A18336 #B8A268 #D0C19B #E7E0CD #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #896404 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #6E5003, keeps 80% of the original. By #1B1401, the mixture is 80% black.

#896404 #6E5003 #523C02 #372802 #1B1401 #000000

Tones

Mixing #896404 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #876A1D, keeps 80% of the original. By #827A67, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#896404 #876A1D #856F36 #84754E #827A67 #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

#896404

RGB

rgb(137 100 4)

HSL

hsl(43.308 94.326% 27.647%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #896404;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#896404 uses 137 red, 100 green and 4 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 53.7%

Green 39.2%

Blue 1.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #896404 is 0.0% cyan, 27.0% magenta, 97.1% yellow and 46.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 27.0%

Yellow 97.1%

Black 46.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #886600. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #860 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #896404 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #996600, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #886600 Nearest web-safe · #996600

Gradient to complement

#896404 #735A1A #5D5030 #474747 #303D5D #1A3373 #042989

Color vision previews

Compare how #896404 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.

#736500

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.

#7C6E0C

Tritanopia

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

#965954

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.

#7C6500

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.

#806A07

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#8B6134

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.

#7B674C

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 0.25016 G 0.12744 B 0.00121

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 0.51519 G 0.39806 B 0.12633

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.22837 G 0.13151 B 0.01460

CIE xyY

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

x 0.474 y 0.459 Y 14.442

CMY

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

C % 46.275 M % 60.784 Y % 98.431

Binary RGB

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

10001001 01100100 00000100