Recognised as Colour

#55230C

#55230C
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#55230C is a orange with RGB values 85, 35, 12 and HSL 19°, 75%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#55230C

RGBrgb(85, 35, 12)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.1373, 0.0471

RGB percentages33.3%, 13.7%, 4.7%

HSLhsl(18.9, 75.3%, 19%)

HSV / HSBhsv(18.9, 85.9%, 33.3%)

CMYK0%, 58.8%, 85.9%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,579,532

CSS custom property--colour: #55230C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0316WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness53.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.87:1

Contrast with white12.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C

Inverted#AADCF3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#312B09no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#3D360Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original

Tritanopia#5E181Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 23.5 Sienna · ΔE 26.5 Maroon · ΔE 29.7 Brown · ΔE 33.1 Dark red · ΔE 34.3 Black · ΔE 39.2

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 23.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0C3E55

Analogous#550C19, #55480C

Triadic#0C5523, #230C55

Split complementary#0C5548, #0C1955

Tetradic#19550C, #0C3E55, #480C55

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E57948

Lighter +30%#DB5A1F

Lighter +20%#AE4819

Lighter +10%#823512

Darker −10%#281106

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#611F00

Less saturated −25%#492718

Channel breakdown

R85

G35

B12

Red85 (33.3%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue12 (4.7%)

Hue18.9°

Saturation (HSL)75.26%

Lightness19.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 55 · G 23 · B 0C

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