Recognised as Colour

#481C09

#481C09
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#481C09 is a orange with RGB values 72, 28, 9 and HSL 18°, 78%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#481C09#481C09

HEX#481C09

RGBrgb(72, 28, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.1098, 0.0353

RGB percentages28.2%, 11%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(18.1, 77.8%, 15.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(18.1, 87.5%, 28.2%)

CMYK0%, 61.1%, 87.5%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,725,769

CSS custom property--colour: #481C09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02228WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness44.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.53:1

Contrast with white14.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#242424

Inverted#B7E3F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#282307no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#332D08no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original

Tritanopia#501218no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 29.5 Sienna · ΔE 32.2 Black · ΔE 33.4 Maroon · ΔE 34.2 Brown · ΔE 37.7 Dark red · ΔE 38.9

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 29.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#093548

Analogous#480916, #483B09

Triadic#09481C, #1C0948

Split complementary#09483B, #091648

Tetradic#164809, #093548, #3B0948

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E66C37

Lighter +30%#D0511A

Lighter +20%#A33F14

Lighter +10%#752E0F

Darker −10%#1B0A03

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#511800

Less saturated −25%#3E2013

Channel breakdown

R72

G28

Red72 (28.2%)

Green28 (11%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue18.1°

Saturation (HSL)77.78%

Lightness15.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 48 · G 1C · B 09

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Colour values

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