Recognised as Colour

#4E230C

#4E230C
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#4E230C is a orange with RGB values 78, 35, 12 and HSL 21°, 73%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#4E230C

RGBrgb(78, 35, 12)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.1373, 0.0471

RGB percentages30.6%, 13.7%, 4.7%

HSLhsl(20.9, 73.3%, 17.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(20.9, 84.6%, 30.6%)

CMYK0%, 55.1%, 84.6%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,120,780

CSS custom property--colour: #4E230C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02848WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness50.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.38:1

Contrast with white13.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#B1DCF3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2F2909no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#3A330Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original

Tritanopia#561A1Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text13.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 26.4 Sienna · ΔE 29.3 Maroon · ΔE 33.6 Black · ΔE 35.6 Brown · ΔE 36.8 Dark red · ΔE 38.1

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 26.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0C374E

Analogous#4E0C16, #4E440C

Triadic#0C4E23, #230C4E

Split complementary#0C4E44, #0C164E

Tetradic#164E0C, #0C374E, #440C4E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E27B44

Lighter +30%#D35F20

Lighter +20%#A64B1A

Lighter +10%#7A3713

Darker −10%#220F05

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#592001

Less saturated −25%#432617

Channel breakdown

R78

G35

B12

Red78 (30.6%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue12 (4.7%)

Hue20.91°

Saturation (HSL)73.33%

Lightness17.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4E · G 23 · B 0C

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Colour harmonies

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