Recognised as Colour

#491D09

#491D09
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#491D09 is a orange with RGB values 73, 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#491D09

RGBrgb(73, 29, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.1137, 0.0353

RGB percentages28.6%, 11.4%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(18.8, 78%, 16.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(18.8, 87.7%, 28.6%)

CMYK0%, 60.3%, 87.7%, 71.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,791,561

CSS custom property--colour: #491D09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02315WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness45.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.35:1

Contrast with white14.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#252525

Inverted#B6E2F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#292407no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#342E08no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original

Tritanopia#511319no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 28.9 Sienna · ΔE 31.7 Black · ΔE 33.9 Maroon · ΔE 33.9 Brown · ΔE 37.5 Dark red · ΔE 38.6

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 28.86, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#093549

Analogous#490915, #493D09

Triadic#09491D, #1D0949

Split complementary#09493D, #091549

Tetradic#154909, #093549, #3D0949

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E66E38

Lighter +30%#D1531A

Lighter +20%#A44114

Lighter +10%#762F0F

Darker −10%#1C0B03

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#521A00

Less saturated −25%#3F2113

Channel breakdown

R73

G29

Red73 (28.6%)

Green29 (11.4%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue18.75°

Saturation (HSL)78.05%

Lightness16.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 49 · G 1D · B 09

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