Colour

#55321F

#55321F
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#55321F is a orange with RGB values 85, 50, 31 and HSL 21°, 47%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#55321F#55321F

HEX#55321F

RGBrgb(85, 50, 31)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.1961, 0.1216

RGB percentages33.3%, 19.6%, 12.2%

HSLhsl(21.1, 46.6%, 22.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(21.1, 63.5%, 33.3%)

CMYK0%, 41.2%, 63.5%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,583,391

CSS custom property--colour: #55321F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04311WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness61.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.28:1

Contrast with white11.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#383838

Inverted#AACDE0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3C361Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#443E1Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original

Tritanopia#5D2B2Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 28.7 Sienna · ΔE 30 Dim grey · ΔE 30.4 Black · ΔE 33.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 34.5 Gray · ΔE 37

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 28.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1F4255

Analogous#551F27, #554D1F

Triadic#1F5532, #321F55

Split complementary#1F554D, #1F2755

Tetradic#27551F, #1F4255, #4D1F55

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CC9374

Lighter +30%#BF764E

Lighter +20%#A05E3A

Lighter +10%#7A482D

Darker −10%#301C11

Darker −20%#0A0604

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#632E11

Less saturated −25%#47362E

Channel breakdown

R85

G50

B31

Red85 (33.3%)

Green50 (19.6%)

Blue31 (12.2%)

Hue21.11°

Saturation (HSL)46.55%

Lightness22.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 55 · G 32 · B 1F

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