Recognised as Colour

#40250B

#40250B
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Black

#40250B is a orange with RGB values 64, 37, 11 and HSL 29°, 71%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#40250B#40250B

HEX#40250B

RGBrgb(64, 37, 11)

RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.1451, 0.0431

RGB percentages25.1%, 14.5%, 4.3%

HSLhsl(29.4, 70.7%, 14.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(29.4, 82.8%, 25.1%)

CMYK0%, 42.2%, 82.8%, 74.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,203,787

CSS custom property--colour: #40250B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02437WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness45.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.12:1

Contrast with white14.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#292929

Inverted#BFDAF4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2D2708no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#342E0Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original

Tritanopia#471F1Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 29.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 32.4 Sienna · ΔE 35.5 Dim grey · ΔE 35.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 35.9 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 39.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 29.43, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0B2640

Analogous#400B0B, #40400B

Triadic#0B4025, #250B40

Split complementary#0B4040, #0B0B40

Tetradic#0B400B, #0B2640, #400B40

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DD8A3A

Lighter +30%#C37021

Lighter +20%#97571A

Lighter +10%#6C3E12

Darker −10%#140C04

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#492502

Less saturated −25%#372514

Channel breakdown

R64

G37

B11

Red64 (25.1%)

Green37 (14.5%)

Blue11 (4.3%)

Hue29.43°

Saturation (HSL)70.67%

Lightness14.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 40 · G 25 · B 0B

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