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Recognised as Colour

#481B06

  • #481B06
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#481B06 is a orange with RGB values 72, 27, 6 and HSL 19°, 85%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#481B06#481B06
HEX#481B06
RGBrgb(72, 27, 6)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.1059, 0.0235
RGB percentages28.2%, 10.6%, 2.4%
HSLhsl(19.1, 84.6%, 15.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(19.1, 91.7%, 28.2%)
CMYK0%, 62.5%, 91.7%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,725,510
CSS custom property--colour: #481B06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02175WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness44.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.63:1
Contrast with white14.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#232323
Inverted#B7E4F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#282204no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#332C05no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Tritanopia#501017no 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 text14.63:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#063348
Analogous#480612, #483C06
Triadic#06481B, #1B0648
Split complementary#06483C, #061248
Tetradic#124806, #063348, #3C0648

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#ED6A2D
Lighter +30%#D55012
Lighter +20%#A63E0E
Lighter +10%#772D0A
Darker −10%#190902
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4E1900
Less saturated −25%#3E1F10

Channel breakdown

R72
G27
B6
Red72 (28.2%)
Green27 (10.6%)
Blue6 (2.4%)
Hue19.09°
Saturation (HSL)84.62%
Lightness15.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 48 · G 1B · B 06

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