#934708

sRGB: 147 / 71 / 8

#934708 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 147 red, 71 green and 8 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 27.2° lands in the orange region. Its 89.7% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 30.4% 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 (6.68:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 147, 71, 8
HSL: 27.19°, 89.68%, 30.39%
HSV / HSB: 27.19°, 94.56%, 57.65%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 51.70%, 94.56%, 42.35%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 14.329, 10.728, 1.546
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 39.119, 28.534, 46.607
WCAG relative luminance: 0.10727
24-bit decimal: 9651976

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 #934708 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: 3.15:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text: 6.68:1

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.

Reference: 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

#085493 sits half a turn (180°) from #934708 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.

#934708 #085493

Analogous

#93080E and #938D08 sit 30° to either side of #934708. 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.

#93080E #934708 #938D08

Triadic

#934708, #089347 and #470893 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#934708 #089347 #470893

Split complementary

Start at #934708 and look across the wheel. #08938C and #080F93 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#934708 #08938C #080F93

Square

Starting with #934708, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #0E9308, #085493, then #8C0893. Across the square, #934708 pairs with #085493, and #0E9308 with #8C0893.

#934708 #0E9308 #085493 #8C0893

Tetradic

#934708 and #085493 are opposites, as are #549308 and #470893. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#934708 #549308 #085493 #470893

Tints

Mixing #934708 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A96C39, keeps 80% of the original. By #E9DACE, the mixture is 80% white.

#934708 #A96C39 #BE916B #D4B59C #E9DACE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #934708 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #763906, keeps 80% of the original. By #1D0E02, the mixture is 80% black.

#934708 #763906 #582B05 #3B1C03 #1D0E02 #000000

Tones

Mixing #934708 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8F5220, keeps 80% of the original. By #847568, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#934708 #8F5220 #8B5E38 #886950 #847568 #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

#934708

RGB

rgb(147 71 8)

HSL

hsl(27.194 89.677% 30.392%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #934708;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#934708 uses 147 red, 71 green and 8 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 57.6%

Green 27.8%

Blue 3.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #934708 is 0.0% cyan, 51.7% magenta, 94.6% yellow and 42.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 51.7%

Yellow 94.6%

Black 42.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #994400. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #940 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #934708 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #993300, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #994400 Nearest web-safe: #993300

Gradient to complement

#934708 #7C491F #654B36 #4E4E4E #365065 #1F527C #085493

Color vision previews

Compare how #934708 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.

#5D5100

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.

#706305

Tritanopia

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

#A2353C

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.

#745000

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.

#7B5A04

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#954526

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#5C5C5C

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.

#7B5242

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

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 0.29177 G 0.06301 B 0.00243

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 0.53824 G 0.29462 B 0.11066

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.25116 G 0.07060 B 0.01176

CIE xyY

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

x 0.539 y 0.403 Y 10.728

CMY

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

C % 42.353 M % 72.157 Y % 96.863

Binary RGB

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

10010011 01000111 00001000