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Recognised as Colour

#422B00

  • #422B00
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#422B00 is a orange with RGB values 66, 43, 0 and HSL 39°, 100%, 13%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#422B00#422B00
HEX#422B00
RGBrgb(66, 43, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.1686, 0
RGB percentages25.9%, 16.9%, 0%
HSLhsl(39.1, 100%, 12.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(39.1, 100%, 25.9%)
CMYK0%, 34.8%, 100%, 74.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,336,384
CSS custom property--colour: #422B00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02886WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness48.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.31:1
Contrast with white13.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#BDD4FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#342C00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#393201no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Tritanopia#492523no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.31:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 29.7Sienna · ΔE 34.1Dark olivegreen · ΔE 34.1Black · ΔE 34.9Dim grey · ΔE 38.1Dark slate grey · ΔE 38.5
Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 29.67, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#001742
Analogous#420A00, #384200
Triadic#00422B, #2B0042
Split complementary#003842, #0A0042
Tetradic#00420A, #001742, #420038

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFAB0F
Lighter +30%#DB8F00
Lighter +20%#A86D00
Lighter +10%#754C00
Darker −10%#0F0A00
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#422B00
Less saturated −25%#3A2808

Channel breakdown

R66
G43
B0
Red66 (25.9%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue39.09°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness12.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 42 · G 2B · B 00

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