Recognised as Colour

#55270C

#55270C
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#55270C is a orange with RGB values 85, 39, 12 and HSL 22°, 75%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#55270C#55270C

HEX#55270C

RGBrgb(85, 39, 12)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.1529, 0.0471

RGB percentages33.3%, 15.3%, 4.7%

HSLhsl(22.2, 75.3%, 19%)

HSV / HSBhsv(22.2, 85.9%, 33.3%)

CMYK0%, 54.1%, 85.9%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,580,556

CSS custom property--colour: #55270C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03409WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness55.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.49:1

Contrast with white12.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#AAD8F3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#342D08no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#3F380Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original

Tritanopia#5E1D21no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 22.8 Sienna · ΔE 26.1 Maroon · ΔE 31.3 Brown · ΔE 34.6 Dark red · ΔE 35.7 Black · ΔE 39.1

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#0C3A55

Analogous#550C15, #554B0C

Triadic#0C5527, #270C55

Split complementary#0C554B, #0C1655

Tetradic#16550C, #0C3A55, #4B0C55

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E58248

Lighter +30%#DB651F

Lighter +20%#AE5019

Lighter +10%#823C12

Darker −10%#281206

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#612400

Less saturated −25%#492A18

Channel breakdown

R85

G39

B12

Red85 (33.3%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue12 (4.7%)

Hue22.19°

Saturation (HSL)75.26%

Lightness19.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 55 · G 27 · B 0C

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Colour values

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