Recognised as Colour

#472B1F

#472B1F
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Black

#472B1F is a orange with RGB values 71, 43, 31 and HSL 18°, 39%, 20%. 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

#472B1F#472B1F

HEX#472B1F

RGBrgb(71, 43, 31)

RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.1686, 0.1216

RGB percentages27.8%, 16.9%, 12.2%

HSLhsl(18, 39.2%, 20%)

HSV / HSBhsv(18, 56.3%, 27.8%)

CMYK0%, 39.4%, 56.3%, 72.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,664,095

CSS custom property--colour: #472B1F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03166WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness52 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#B8D4E0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#322E1Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original

Deuteranopia#39341Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original

Tritanopia#4D2628no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.4 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 27.1 Dim grey · ΔE 29.4 Dark slate grey · ΔE 30.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 35.8 Sienna · ΔE 36.9 Gray · ΔE 37.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 27.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1F3B47

Analogous#471F27, #473F1F

Triadic#1F472B, #2B1F47

Split complementary#1F473F, #1F2747

Tetradic#27471F, #1F3B47, #3F1F47

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C18971

Lighter +30%#B26C4E

Lighter +20%#8E563E

Lighter +10%#6A412E

Darker −10%#241610

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#542612

Less saturated −25%#3A302C

Channel breakdown

R71

G43

B31

Red71 (27.8%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue31 (12.2%)

Hue18°

Saturation (HSL)39.22%

Lightness20%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 47 · G 2B · B 1F

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