Recognised as Colour

#462C17

#462C17
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Black

#462C17 is a orange with RGB values 70, 44, 23 and HSL 27°, 51%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#462C17#462C17

HEX#462C17

RGBrgb(70, 44, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.1725, 0.0902

RGB percentages27.5%, 17.3%, 9%

HSLhsl(26.8, 50.5%, 18.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(26.8, 67.1%, 27.5%)

CMYK0%, 37.1%, 67.1%, 72.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,598,807

CSS custom property--colour: #462C17;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03165WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness51.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.86:1

Contrast with white12.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#B9D3E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#342E15no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#3A3417no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original

Tritanopia#4D2727no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 29.2 Dim grey · ΔE 31.4 Dark slate grey · ΔE 32.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 32.9 Sienna · ΔE 35 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 37.6

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 29.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#173146

Analogous#46171A, #464417

Triadic#17462C, #2C1746

Split complementary#174644, #171946

Tetradic#194617, #173146, #441746

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CA8F5F

Lighter +30%#B9743D

Lighter +20%#935C30

Lighter +10%#6C4424

Darker −10%#20140A

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#522B0B

Less saturated −25%#3A2D23

Channel breakdown

R70

G44

B23

Red70 (27.5%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue26.81°

Saturation (HSL)50.54%

Lightness18.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 46 · G 2C · B 17

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