Recognised as Colour

#4A2515

#4A2515
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Black

#4A2515 is a orange with RGB values 74, 37, 21 and HSL 18°, 56%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#4A2515

RGBrgb(74, 37, 21)

RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.1451, 0.0824

RGB percentages29%, 14.5%, 8.2%

HSLhsl(18.1, 55.8%, 18.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(18.1, 71.6%, 29%)

CMYK0%, 50%, 71.6%, 71%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,859,157

CSS custom property--colour: #4A2515;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02833WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness49.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.4:1

Contrast with white13.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C

Inverted#B5DAEA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2F2A13no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#383215no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original

Tritanopia#511E21no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text13.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 30.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 31 Sienna · ΔE 32.9 Dim grey · ΔE 34.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 37.1 Maroon · ΔE 38.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 30.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#153A4A

Analogous#4A1520, #4A3F15

Triadic#154A25, #25154A

Split complementary#154A40, #151F4A

Tetradic#204A15, #153A4A, #40154A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D07E5B

Lighter +30%#C16137

Lighter +20%#994D2C

Lighter +10%#723920

Darker −10%#22110A

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#562009

Less saturated −25%#3E2A21

Channel breakdown

R74

G37

B21

Red74 (29%)

Green37 (14.5%)

Blue21 (8.2%)

Hue18.11°

Saturation (HSL)55.79%

Lightness18.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4A · G 25 · B 15

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