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Recognised as Colour

#4E3609

  • #4E3609
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#4E3609 is a orange with RGB values 78, 54, 9 and HSL 39°, 79%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#4E3609#4E3609
HEX#4E3609
RGBrgb(78, 54, 9)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.2118, 0.0353
RGB percentages30.6%, 21.2%, 3.5%
HSLhsl(39.1, 79.3%, 17.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(39.1, 88.5%, 30.6%)
CMYK0%, 30.8%, 88.5%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,125,641
CSS custom property--colour: #4E3609;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04278WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness59.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.32:1
Contrast with white11.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#383838
Inverted#B1C9F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3F3703no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#453D0Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Tritanopia#562F2Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.32:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 26.3Sienna · ΔE 30.6Dark olivegreen · ΔE 30.6Dim grey · ΔE 36.7Dark slate grey · ΔE 39Black · ΔE 39.5
Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 26.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#09214E
Analogous#4E1309, #444E09
Triadic#094E36, #36094E
Split complementary#09434E, #14094E
Tetradic#094E13, #09214E, #4E0943

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E8AC3B
Lighter +30%#D79519
Lighter +20%#A97514
Lighter +10%#7C560E
Darker −10%#201604
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#573900
Less saturated −25%#433314

Channel breakdown

R78
G54
B9
Red78 (30.6%)
Green54 (21.2%)
Blue9 (3.5%)
Hue39.13°
Saturation (HSL)79.31%
Lightness17.06%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 4E · G 36 · B 09

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