Recognised as Colour

#492C17

#492C17
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Black

#492C17 is a orange with RGB values 73, 44, 23 and HSL 25°, 52%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#492C17

RGBrgb(73, 44, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.1725, 0.0902

RGB percentages28.6%, 17.3%, 9%

HSLhsl(25.2, 52.1%, 18.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(25.2, 68.5%, 28.6%)

CMYK0%, 39.7%, 68.5%, 71.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,795,415

CSS custom property--colour: #492C17;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0328WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness52.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.68:1

Contrast with white12.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#313131

Inverted#B6D3E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#342F15no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#3B3517no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original

Tritanopia#502627no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 30.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 31.5 Dim grey · ΔE 32 Sienna · ΔE 33.6 Dark slate grey · ΔE 33.7 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 38.3

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 30.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#173449

Analogous#49171B, #494517

Triadic#17492C, #2C1749

Split complementary#174945, #171B49

Tetradic#1B4917, #173449, #451749

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CD8D5F

Lighter +30%#BD723C

Lighter +20%#975B2F

Lighter +10%#704323

Darker −10%#22150B

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#552A0B

Less saturated −25%#3D2E23

Channel breakdown

R73

G44

B23

Red73 (28.6%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue25.2°

Saturation (HSL)52.08%

Lightness18.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 49 · G 2C · B 17

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