Colour

#552A0E

#552A0E
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#552A0E is a orange with RGB values 85, 42, 14 and HSL 24°, 72%, 19%. 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#552A0E

RGBrgb(85, 42, 14)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.1647, 0.0549

RGB percentages33.3%, 16.5%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(23.7, 71.7%, 19.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(23.7, 83.5%, 33.3%)

CMYK0%, 50.6%, 83.5%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,581,326

CSS custom property--colour: #552A0E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03619WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness56.7 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#313131

Inverted#AAD5F1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#36300Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#41390Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original

Tritanopia#5E2124no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.2 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 23 Sienna · ΔE 26.2 Maroon · ΔE 32.9 Brown · ΔE 35.8 Dark red · ΔE 37.2 Dim grey · ΔE 38.4

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 22.97, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0E3955

Analogous#550E15, #554E0E

Triadic#0E552A, #2A0E55

Split complementary#0E554E, #0E1555

Tetradic#15550E, #0E3955, #4E0E55

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E2884D

Lighter +30%#D86B24

Lighter +20%#AD551C

Lighter +10%#814015

Darker −10%#291407

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#612702

Less saturated −25%#492D1A

Channel breakdown

R85

G42

B14

Red85 (33.3%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue23.66°

Saturation (HSL)71.72%

Lightness19.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 55 · G 2A · B 0E

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Colour values

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