Recognised as Colour

#472C01

#472C01
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#472C01 is a orange with RGB values 71, 44, 1 and HSL 37°, 97%, 14%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#472C01#472C01

HEX#472C01

RGBrgb(71, 44, 1)

RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.1725, 0.0039

RGB percentages27.8%, 17.3%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(36.9, 97.2%, 14.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(36.9, 98.6%, 27.8%)

CMYK0%, 38%, 98.6%, 72.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,664,321

CSS custom property--colour: #472C01;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03143WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness51.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.89:1

Contrast with white12.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#B8D3FE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#352E00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#3C3402no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original

Tritanopia#4E2524no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 27.3 Sienna · ΔE 31.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 35 Black · ΔE 36.7 Dim grey · ΔE 38.6 Dark slate grey · ΔE 40

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 27.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#011C47

Analogous#470901, #3F4701

Triadic#01472C, #2C0147

Split complementary#013F47, #090147

Tetradic#014709, #011C47, #47013F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCA418

Lighter +30%#DE8A03

Lighter +20%#AC6A02

Lighter +10%#794B02

Darker −10%#150D00

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#482C00

Less saturated −25%#3E2A0A

Channel breakdown

R71

G44

Red71 (27.8%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue36.86°

Saturation (HSL)97.22%

Lightness14.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 47 · G 2C · B 01

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