Medium Brown

The color code of Medium Brown indicates, that red is the main light source among the primary colors red, green and blue. Together with green it forms the basic color yellow, which determines the initial color impression along with the remains of red. Learn more …

But due to the amount of achromatic basic colors like black and white the colorfulness of Medium Brown is somewhat limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 45 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 36 %, Medium Brown is a rather dark color.

Hex	`#8b5517`
RGB	`rgb(139, 85, 23)`
HSL*	`hsl(32, 72%, 32%)`
Lab*	`41.29 17.43 42.74`
CMYK*	`0% 39% 83% 45%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

46 %

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