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Recognised as Colour

#462B04

  • #462B04
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#462B04 is a orange with RGB values 70, 43, 4 and HSL 35°, 89%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#462B04#462B04
HEX#462B04
RGBrgb(70, 43, 4)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.1686, 0.0157
RGB percentages27.5%, 16.9%, 1.6%
HSLhsl(35.5, 89.2%, 14.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(35.5, 94.3%, 27.5%)
CMYK0%, 38.6%, 94.3%, 72.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,598,532
CSS custom property--colour: #462B04;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03039WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness50.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.06:1
Contrast with white13.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#B9D4FB

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#342D00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#3A3305no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Tritanopia#4D2424no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.06:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 28.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#041F46
Analogous#460A04, #404604
Triadic#04462B, #2B0446
Split complementary#044046, #0A0446
Tetradic#04460A, #041F46, #460440

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#F29E24
Lighter +30%#D7840C
Lighter +20%#A6660A
Lighter +10%#764907
Darker −10%#160D01
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4A2C00
Less saturated −25%#3D290D

Channel breakdown

R70
G43
B4
Red70 (27.5%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue4 (1.6%)
Hue35.45°
Saturation (HSL)89.19%
Lightness14.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 46 · G 2B · B 04

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