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Recognised as Colour

#4E3503

  • #4E3503
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#4E3503 is a orange with RGB values 78, 53, 3 and HSL 40°, 93%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#4E3503#4E3503
HEX#4E3503
RGBrgb(78, 53, 3)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.2078, 0.0118
RGB percentages30.6%, 20.8%, 1.2%
HSLhsl(40, 92.6%, 15.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(40, 96.2%, 30.6%)
CMYK0%, 32.1%, 96.2%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,125,379
CSS custom property--colour: #4E3503;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04172WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness58.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.45:1
Contrast with white11.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#373737
Inverted#B1CAFC

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#3E3600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#443C05no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Tritanopia#562E2Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.45:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 25.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#031C4E
Analogous#4E1003, #424E03
Triadic#034E35, #35034E
Split complementary#03424E, #10034E
Tetradic#034E0F, #031C4E, #4E0342

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#F7B126
Lighter +30%#E19909
Lighter +20%#B07807
Lighter +10%#7F5605
Darker −10%#1D1401
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#513600
Less saturated −25%#44320D

Channel breakdown

R78
G53
B3
Red78 (30.6%)
Green53 (20.8%)
Blue3 (1.2%)
Hue40°
Saturation (HSL)92.59%
Lightness15.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 4E · G 35 · B 03

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