Recognised as Colour

#4E240E

#4E240E
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#4E240E is a orange with RGB values 78, 36, 14 and HSL 21°, 70%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#4E240E

RGBrgb(78, 36, 14)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.1412, 0.0549

RGB percentages30.6%, 14.1%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(20.6, 69.6%, 18%)

HSV / HSBhsv(20.6, 82.1%, 30.6%)

CMYK0%, 53.8%, 82.1%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,121,038

CSS custom property--colour: #4E240E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02913WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness51 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.27:1

Contrast with white13.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#B1DBF1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#302A0Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#3A330Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original

Tritanopia#561B1Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text13.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 26.8 Sienna · ΔE 29.6 Maroon · ΔE 34.3 Black · ΔE 35.1 Brown · ΔE 37.3 Dim grey · ΔE 38.1

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 26.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0E384E

Analogous#4E0E18, #4E440E

Triadic#0E4E24, #240E4E

Split complementary#0E4E44, #0E184E

Tetradic#184E0E, #0E384E, #440E4E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DE7D4A

Lighter +30%#D06025

Lighter +20%#A44C1E

Lighter +10%#793816

Darker −10%#231006

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5A2003

Less saturated −25%#43281A

Channel breakdown

R78

G36

B14

Red78 (30.6%)

Green36 (14.1%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue20.63°

Saturation (HSL)69.57%

Lightness18.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4E · G 24 · B 0E

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Colour values

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