Colour

#512B17

#512B17
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#512B17 is a orange with RGB values 81, 43, 23 and HSL 21°, 56%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#512B17

RGBrgb(81, 43, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.3176, 0.1686, 0.0902

RGB percentages31.8%, 16.9%, 9%

HSLhsl(20.7, 55.8%, 20.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(20.7, 71.6%, 31.8%)

CMYK0%, 46.9%, 71.6%, 68.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,319,447

CSS custom property--colour: #512B17;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03539WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness55.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.3:1

Contrast with white12.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#AED4E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#353015no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#3F3817no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original

Tritanopia#592426no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 27.9 Sienna · ΔE 29.9 Black · ΔE 33.8 Dim grey · ΔE 34 Maroon · ΔE 37.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 37.5

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 27.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#173D51

Analogous#511720, #514817

Triadic#17512B, #2B1751

Split complementary#175148, #172051

Tetradic#205117, #173D51, #481751

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D28962

Lighter +30%#C76B3A

Lighter +20%#A0552E

Lighter +10%#794022

Darker −10%#29160C

Darker −20%#020100

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5E270A

Less saturated −25%#442F24

Channel breakdown

R81

G43

B23

Red81 (31.8%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue20.69°

Saturation (HSL)55.77%

Lightness20.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 51 · G 2B · B 17

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