Recognised as Colour

#48240B

#48240B
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#48240B is a orange with RGB values 72, 36, 11 and HSL 25°, 73%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#48240B#48240B

HEX#48240B

RGBrgb(72, 36, 11)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.1412, 0.0431

RGB percentages28.2%, 14.1%, 4.3%

HSLhsl(24.6, 73.5%, 16.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(24.6, 84.7%, 28.2%)

CMYK0%, 50%, 84.7%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,727,819

CSS custom property--colour: #48240B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02664WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness48.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.7:1

Contrast with white13.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#B7DBF4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2E2808no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#37310Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original

Tritanopia#501C1Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text13.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 28.6 Sienna · ΔE 31.7 Black · ΔE 33 Maroon · ΔE 37.2 Dim grey · ΔE 37.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 39.6

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 28.63, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0B2F48

Analogous#480B10, #48430B

Triadic#0B4824, #240B48

Split complementary#0B4843, #0B1048

Tetradic#10480B, #0B2F48, #430B48

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E1813E

Lighter +30%#CD661F

Lighter +20%#A05019

Lighter +10%#743A12

Darker −10%#1C0E04

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#522201

Less saturated −25%#3E2615

Channel breakdown

R72

G36

B11

Red72 (28.2%)

Green36 (14.1%)

Blue11 (4.3%)

Hue24.59°

Saturation (HSL)73.49%

Lightness16.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 48 · G 24 · B 0B

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Colour values

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