Recognised as Colour

#552B03

#552B03
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#552B03 is a orange with RGB values 85, 43, 3 and HSL 29°, 93%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#552B03

RGBrgb(85, 43, 3)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.1686, 0.0118

RGB percentages33.3%, 16.9%, 1.2%

HSLhsl(29.3, 93.2%, 17.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(29.3, 96.5%, 33.3%)

CMYK0%, 49.4%, 96.5%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,581,571

CSS custom property--colour: #552B03;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03666WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness57 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.12:1

Contrast with white12.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#313131

Inverted#AAD4FC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#383000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#423A03no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original

Tritanopia#5E2124no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 20.6 Sienna · ΔE 25.3 Maroon · ΔE 32.5 Brown · ΔE 36.5 Dark red · ΔE 36.5 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 40.4

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 20.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#032D55

Analogous#550304, #555403

Triadic#03552B, #2B0355

Split complementary#035554, #030455

Tetradic#045503, #032D55, #540355

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8902C

Lighter +30%#E97608

Lighter +20%#B85D06

Lighter +10%#864405

Darker −10%#241201

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#582B00

Less saturated −25%#4A2B0E

Channel breakdown

R85

G43

Red85 (33.3%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue3 (1.2%)

Hue29.27°

Saturation (HSL)93.18%

Lightness17.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 55 · G 2B · B 03

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