Recognised as Colour

#55240A

#55240A
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#55240A is a orange with RGB values 85, 36, 10 and HSL 21°, 79%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#55240A

RGBrgb(85, 36, 10)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.1412, 0.0392

RGB percentages33.3%, 14.1%, 3.9%

HSLhsl(20.8, 78.9%, 18.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(20.8, 88.2%, 33.3%)

CMYK0%, 57.6%, 88.2%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,579,786

CSS custom property--colour: #55240A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03215WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness54.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.78:1

Contrast with white12.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D

Inverted#AADBF5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#322B07no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#3E3609no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original

Tritanopia#5E191Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 22.8 Sienna · ΔE 26.1 Maroon · ΔE 29.9 Brown · ΔE 33.4 Dark red · ΔE 34.3 Black · ΔE 39.6

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 22.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0A3B55

Analogous#550A16, #554A0A

Triadic#0A5524, #240A55

Split complementary#0A5549, #0A1655

Tetradic#15550A, #0A3B55, #490A55

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E97C42

Lighter +30%#DE5E1A

Lighter +20%#B04B15

Lighter +10%#83370F

Darker −10%#271105

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5F2100

Less saturated −25%#492816

Channel breakdown

R85

G36

B10

Red85 (33.3%)

Green36 (14.1%)

Blue10 (3.9%)

Hue20.8°

Saturation (HSL)78.95%

Lightness18.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 55 · G 24 · B 0A

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Colour values

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