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Recognised as Colour

#492C18

  • #492C18
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#492C18 is a orange with RGB values 73, 44, 24 and HSL 24°, 51%, 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

#492C18#492C18
HEX#492C18
RGBrgb(73, 44, 24)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.1725, 0.0941
RGB percentages28.6%, 17.3%, 9.4%
HSLhsl(24.5, 50.5%, 19%)
HSV / HSBhsv(24.5, 67.1%, 28.6%)
CMYK0%, 39.7%, 67.1%, 71.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,795,416
CSS custom property--colour: #492C18;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03284WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness52.9 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#B6D3E7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#342F16no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#3B3518no 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 13.2 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 30.1Dim grey · ΔE 31.6Saddle brown · ΔE 31.9Dark slate grey · ΔE 33.3Sienna · ΔE 33.8Dark olivegreen · ΔE 38.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 30.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#183549
Analogous#49181C, #494518
Triadic#18492C, #2C1849
Split complementary#184945, #181C49
Tetradic#1C4918, #183549, #451849

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CB8D62
Lighter +30%#BC713E
Lighter +20%#965A31
Lighter +10%#6F4325
Darker −10%#23150B
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#552A0C
Less saturated −25%#3D2E24

Channel breakdown

R73
G44
B24
Red73 (28.6%)
Green44 (17.3%)
Blue24 (9.4%)
Hue24.49°
Saturation (HSL)50.52%
Lightness19.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 49 · G 2C · B 18

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