Recognised as Colour

#4E2901

#4E2901
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#4E2901 is a orange with RGB values 78, 41, 1 and HSL 31°, 97%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#4E2901

RGBrgb(78, 41, 1)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.1608, 0.0039

RGB percentages30.6%, 16.1%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(31.2, 97.5%, 15.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(31.2, 98.7%, 30.6%)

CMYK0%, 47.4%, 98.7%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,122,305

CSS custom property--colour: #4E2901;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03208WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness53 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.79:1

Contrast with white12.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#B1D6FE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#342D00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#3D3601no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original

Tritanopia#562022no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 23.5 Sienna · ΔE 28.1 Maroon · ΔE 35.2 Black · ΔE 38.9 Brown · ΔE 39.2 Dark red · ΔE 39.3

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 23.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#01264E

Analogous#4E0201, #4D4E01

Triadic#014E29, #29014E

Split complementary#014D4E, #03014E

Tetradic#014E02, #01264E, #4E014D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FC921F

Lighter +30%#E57803

Lighter +20%#B35E02

Lighter +10%#804302

Darker −10%#1C0F00

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4F2900

Less saturated −25%#44290B

Channel breakdown

R78

G41

Red78 (30.6%)

Green41 (16.1%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue31.17°

Saturation (HSL)97.47%

Lightness15.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4E · G 29 · B 01

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