Recognised as Colour

#481D09

#481D09
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#481D09 is a orange with RGB values 72, 29, 9 and HSL 19°, 78%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#481D09

RGBrgb(72, 29, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.1137, 0.0353

RGB percentages28.2%, 11.4%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(19, 77.8%, 15.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(19, 87.5%, 28.2%)

CMYK0%, 59.7%, 87.5%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,726,025

CSS custom property--colour: #481D09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02276WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness45.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.43:1

Contrast with white14.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#252525

Inverted#B7E2F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#292407no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#342D08no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original

Tritanopia#501419no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 29.3 Sienna · ΔE 32.1 Black · ΔE 33.3 Maroon · ΔE 34.5 Brown · ΔE 38 Dark red · ΔE 39.2

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 29.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#093448

Analogous#480915, #483D09

Triadic#09481D, #1D0948

Split complementary#09483C, #091548

Tetradic#154809, #093448, #3C0948

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E66F37

Lighter +30%#D0541A

Lighter +20%#A34214

Lighter +10%#752F0F

Darker −10%#1B0B03

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#511A00

Less saturated −25%#3E2113

Channel breakdown

R72

G29

Red72 (28.2%)

Green29 (11.4%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue19.05°

Saturation (HSL)77.78%

Lightness15.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 48 · G 1D · B 09

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