Recognised as Colour

#37270B

#37270B
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Black

#37270B is a orange with RGB values 55, 39, 11 and HSL 38°, 67%, 13%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#37270B#37270B

HEX#37270B

RGBrgb(55, 39, 11)

RGB (0–1)0.2157, 0.1529, 0.0431

RGB percentages21.6%, 15.3%, 4.3%

HSLhsl(38.2, 66.7%, 12.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(38.2, 80%, 21.6%)

CMYK0%, 29.1%, 80%, 78.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,614,475

CSS custom property--colour: #37270B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02287WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness42.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.41:1

Contrast with white14.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#C8D8F4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2D2708no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#312B0Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Tritanopia#3C2221no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 26.6 Dark slate grey · ΔE 31.9 Dim grey · ΔE 34.3 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 35.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 36.9 Sienna · ΔE 40.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 26.6, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#0B1B37

Analogous#37110B, #31370B

Triadic#0B3727, #270B37

Split complementary#0B3137, #110B37

Tetradic#0B3711, #0B1B37, #370B31

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D79D37

Lighter +30%#B78125

Lighter +20%#8C631C

Lighter +10%#624513

Darker −10%#0D0903

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3F2903

Less saturated −25%#2F2513

Channel breakdown

R55

G39

B11

Red55 (21.6%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue11 (4.3%)

Hue38.18°

Saturation (HSL)66.67%

Lightness12.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 37 · G 27 · B 0B

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