Recognised as Colour

#472A16

#472A16
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Black

#472A16 is a orange with RGB values 71, 42, 22 and HSL 24°, 53%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#472A16

RGBrgb(71, 42, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.1647, 0.0863

RGB percentages27.8%, 16.5%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(24.5, 52.7%, 18.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(24.5, 69%, 27.8%)

CMYK0%, 40.8%, 69%, 72.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,663,830

CSS custom property--colour: #472A16;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03053WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness51 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.04:1

Contrast with white13.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#B8D5E9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#322D14no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#393316no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original

Tritanopia#4E2425no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text13.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 29.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 32.2 Dim grey · ΔE 32.4 Dark slate grey · ΔE 33.8 Sienna · ΔE 34.3 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 39.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 29.63, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#163347

Analogous#47161A, #474316

Triadic#16472A, #2A1647

Split complementary#164743, #161B47

Tetradic#1B4716, #163347, #431647

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CD8A5C

Lighter +30%#BC6F3A

Lighter +20%#95582E

Lighter +10%#6E4122

Darker −10%#20130A

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#53280A

Less saturated −25%#3B2C22

Channel breakdown

R71

G42

B22

Red71 (27.8%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue24.49°

Saturation (HSL)52.69%

Lightness18.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 47 · G 2A · B 16

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