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#935310

a dark, electric orange · warm · closest name: Saddle Brown

RGB
147, 83, 16
HSL
31°, 80%, 32%
CMYK
0, 44, 89, 42
Luminance
0.1243

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #935310 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#935310
Hue
31°
orange
Saturation
80%
electric
Lightness
32%
dark
Brightness
58%
HSV value
Perceived
40%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1243
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
1/100 cool
Color family
Orange
Tone
Electric
Best ink
White
6.03:1
Closest name
Saddle Brown
ΔE2000 5.9
Where it sits
Hue31° of 360°
Saturation80%
Lightness32%
Temperature
Warm ← → Cool1% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Every format

HEX#935310
RGBrgb(147, 83, 16)
HSLhsl(31, 80%, 32%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 44%, 89%, 42%)
LABlab(41.9 22.0 46.3)
LCHlch(41.9 51.2 64.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.507 0.113 59.7)
Decimal9655056
Display P3color(display-p3 0.576 0.325 0.063)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #935310;
background-color: #935310;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#935310] bg-[#935310]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #935310;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.576, green: 0.325, blue: 0.063)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#935310")
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF935310)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(16, 83, 147)

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #935310 · 6.03:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
White text · 6.03:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 3.49:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #935310 as text scores 6.03:1 on white and 3.49:1 on black.

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#935310 on white: 6.03:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#935310 on black: 3.49:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia · #675A01
deuteranopia · #766910
tritanopia · #A14447

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #935310 is pinned to step 800; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FCF7F3
#F9F0E6
#F5DEC6
#F4C89A
#EFAC67
#E99135
#DD7D18
#B86814
#935310
#6A3E10
#43270A
Base = 800Lightest = 50 · #FCF7F3Darkest = 950 · #43270A
:root {
  --brand-50: #FCF7F3;
  --brand-100: #F9F0E6;
  --brand-200: #F5DEC6;
  --brand-300: #F4C89A;
  --brand-400: #EFAC67;
  --brand-500: #E99135;
  --brand-600: #DD7D18;
  --brand-700: #B86814;
  --brand-800: #935310;
  --brand-900: #6A3E10;
  --brand-950: #43270A;
  --brand: #935310;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
}

Colors that work with #935310

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#FAF7F4
Tinted page background
Border#EDD7C0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B744B
Captions on the surface
Accent#0D7296
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#73410C
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FDF2E8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241C14
Dark-mode background
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

How to use #935310

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Black text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#105093
Analogous left#931210
Analogous right#929310
Split-complement 1#109293
Split-complement 2#121093
Triadic 1#109353
Triadic 2#531093
Tetradic#109312

RGB percentages

Red57.6%
Green32.5%
Blue6.3%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta43.5%
Yellow89.1%
Key (black)42.4%

Color previews

#935310 text on a black background

contrast 3.49:1

Card sample

#935310 text on a white background

contrast 6.03:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #935310;
Background color
Panel with #935310 background
background-color: #935310;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #935310;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(147, 83, 16, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(147, 83, 16, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #935310;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #935310, #7C9310);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #935310

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#935310 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
E-commerceFood deliveryLogisticsCreator tools
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

#935310, answered

What color is #935310?

#935310 is a dark electric orange, closest to Saddle Brown (ΔE2000 5.9). It sits at 31° on the hue wheel with 80% saturation and 32% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #935310?

rgb(147, 83, 16) — 147 red, 83 green and 16 blue out of 255, or 57.6% / 32.5% / 6.3% by channel.

Is #935310 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1243 and perceived brightness is 40%, so white text on it reaches 6.03:1.

Should I use black or white text on #935310?

White. It scores 6.03:1 against #935310, versus 3.49:1 for black — AA at any size.

What is the complementary color of #935310?

#105093 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #109293 and #121093, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #935310?

For interface work: #FAF7F4 as the surface, #EDD7C0 for borders, #9B744B for secondary text, #0D7296 as an accent and #73410C for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #931210 and #929310 stays calm, while #105093 is the loudest partner.

What is #935310 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 44%, 89%, 42%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #935310 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 1 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #AA5812; nudged cooler, #95220E.

Work with #935310 in the Color Lab