Recognised as Colour

#552D06

#552D06
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#552D06 is a orange with RGB values 85, 45, 6 and HSL 30°, 87%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#552D06

RGBrgb(85, 45, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.1765, 0.0235

RGB percentages33.3%, 17.6%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(29.6, 86.8%, 17.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(29.6, 92.9%, 33.3%)

CMYK0%, 47.1%, 92.9%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,582,086

CSS custom property--colour: #552D06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03821WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness57.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.9:1

Contrast with white11.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#AAD2F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#393101no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original

Deuteranopia#433B06no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original

Tritanopia#5E2426no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 21.1 Sienna · ΔE 25.6 Maroon · ΔE 33.7 Brown · ΔE 37.3 Dark red · ΔE 37.6 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 39.2

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 21.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#062E55

Analogous#550606, #555506

Triadic#06552D, #2D0655

Split complementary#065555, #060655

Tetradic#065506, #062E55, #550655

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F19236

Lighter +30%#E47910

Lighter +20%#B45F0D

Lighter +10%#854609

Darker −10%#251403

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5B2D00

Less saturated −25%#4A2D11

Channel breakdown

R85

G45

Red85 (33.3%)

Green45 (17.6%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue29.62°

Saturation (HSL)86.81%

Lightness17.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 55 · G 2D · B 06

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