Colour

#552A09

#552A09
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#552A09 is a orange with RGB values 85, 42, 9 and HSL 26°, 81%, 18%. 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#552A09

RGBrgb(85, 42, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.1647, 0.0353

RGB percentages33.3%, 16.5%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(26.1, 80.9%, 18.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(26.1, 89.4%, 33.3%)

CMYK0%, 50.6%, 89.4%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,581,321

CSS custom property--colour: #552A09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03607WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness56.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.2:1

Contrast with white12.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#313131

Inverted#AAD5F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#372F05no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#413908no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original

Tritanopia#5E2124no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 21.7 Sienna · ΔE 25.7 Maroon · ΔE 32.4 Brown · ΔE 35.8 Dark red · ΔE 36.5 Dim grey · ΔE 39.9

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 21.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#093455

Analogous#55090E, #555009

Triadic#09552A, #2A0955

Split complementary#095550, #090E55

Tetradic#0E5509, #093455, #500955

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EB8A3F

Lighter +30%#DF6E18

Lighter +20%#B15813

Lighter +10%#83410E

Darker −10%#271304

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5E2900

Less saturated −25%#492C15

Channel breakdown

R85

G42

Red85 (33.3%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue26.05°

Saturation (HSL)80.85%

Lightness18.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 55 · G 2A · B 09

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