Recognised as Colour

#4C2109

#4C2109
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#4C2109 is a orange with RGB values 76, 33, 9 and HSL 21°, 79%, 17%. 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

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HEX#4C2109

RGBrgb(76, 33, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.298, 0.1294, 0.0353

RGB percentages29.8%, 12.9%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(21.5, 78.8%, 16.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(21.5, 88.2%, 29.8%)

CMYK0%, 56.6%, 88.2%, 70.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,989,193

CSS custom property--colour: #4C2109;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02644WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness48.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.74:1

Contrast with white13.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#B3DEF6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2D2706no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original

Deuteranopia#383108no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original

Tritanopia#54181Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text13.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 26.8 Sienna · ΔE 29.9 Maroon · ΔE 33.5 Black · ΔE 35.4 Brown · ΔE 37.1 Dark red · ΔE 38.1

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 26.81, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#09344C

Analogous#4C0912, #4C4209

Triadic#094C21, #21094C

Split complementary#094C43, #09124C

Tetradic#134C09, #09344C, #43094C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E87839

Lighter +30%#D55C19

Lighter +20%#A74914

Lighter +10%#7A350E

Darker −10%#1E0D04

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#551E00

Less saturated −25%#412414

Channel breakdown

R76

G33

Red76 (29.8%)

Green33 (12.9%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue21.49°

Saturation (HSL)78.82%

Lightness16.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4C · G 21 · B 09

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