Colour

#512B05

#512B05
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#512B05 is a orange with RGB values 81, 43, 5 and HSL 30°, 88%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#512B05#512B05

HEX#512B05

RGBrgb(81, 43, 5)

RGB (0–1)0.3176, 0.1686, 0.0196

RGB percentages31.8%, 16.9%, 2%

HSLhsl(30, 88.4%, 16.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(30, 93.8%, 31.8%)

CMYK0%, 46.9%, 93.8%, 68.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,319,429

CSS custom property--colour: #512B05;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03488WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness55.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.37:1

Contrast with white12.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#AED4FA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#372F00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original

Deuteranopia#403805no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original

Tritanopia#5A2224no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 22.8 Sienna · ΔE 27.1 Maroon · ΔE 34.8 Brown · ΔE 38.4 Dark red · ΔE 38.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 39.1

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 22.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#052B51

Analogous#510505, #515105

Triadic#05512B, #2B0551

Split complementary#055151, #050551

Tetradic#055105, #052B51, #510551

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F29130

Lighter +30%#E1770E

Lighter +20%#B15E0B

Lighter +10%#814508

Darker −10%#211102

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#562B00

Less saturated −25%#462B10

Channel breakdown

R81

G43

Red81 (31.8%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue5 (2%)

Hue30°

Saturation (HSL)88.37%

Lightness16.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 51 · G 2B · B 05

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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