Colour

#512C19

#512C19
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#512C19 is a orange with RGB values 81, 44, 25 and HSL 20°, 53%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#512C19

RGBrgb(81, 44, 25)

RGB (0–1)0.3176, 0.1725, 0.098

RGB percentages31.8%, 17.3%, 9.8%

HSLhsl(20.4, 52.8%, 20.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(20.4, 69.1%, 31.8%)

CMYK0%, 45.7%, 69.1%, 68.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,319,705

CSS custom property--colour: #512C19;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03621WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness56.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.18:1

Contrast with white12.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#AED3E6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#363117no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#3F3919no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original

Tritanopia#592528no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 28.6 Sienna · ΔE 30.4 Dim grey · ΔE 33.1 Black · ΔE 33.3 Dark slate grey · ΔE 36.5 Maroon · ΔE 38

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 28.62, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#193E51

Analogous#511922, #514819

Triadic#19512C, #2C1951

Split complementary#195148, #192251

Tetradic#225119, #193E51, #481951

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D08A66

Lighter +30%#C46C3F

Lighter +20%#9F5631

Lighter +10%#784125

Darker −10%#2A170D

Darker −20%#030201

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5E280C

Less saturated −25%#443026

Channel breakdown

R81

G44

B25

Red81 (31.8%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue25 (9.8%)

Hue20.36°

Saturation (HSL)52.83%

Lightness20.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 51 · G 2C · B 19

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