Recognised as Colour

#553D21

#553D21
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Dim grey

#553D21 is a orange with RGB values 85, 61, 33 and HSL 32°, 44%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

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HEX#553D21

RGBrgb(85, 61, 33)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.2392, 0.1294

RGB percentages33.3%, 23.9%, 12.9%

HSLhsl(32.3, 44.1%, 23.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(32.3, 61.2%, 33.3%)

CMYK0%, 28.2%, 61.2%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,586,209

CSS custom property--colour: #553D21;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05379WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.12:1

Contrast with white10.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#404040

Inverted#AAC2DE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#453E1Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original

Deuteranopia#4B4422no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original

Tritanopia#5C3736no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 27.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 29.5 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 30.9 Sienna · ΔE 31.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 31.3 Gray · ΔE 34.1

Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 27.81, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#213955

Analogous#552321, #535521

Triadic#21553D, #3D2155

Split complementary#215355, #232155

Tetradic#215523, #213955, #552153

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CAA478

Lighter +30%#BC8C53

Lighter +20%#9E723E

Lighter +10%#7A572F

Darker −10%#302313

Darker −20%#0C0804

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#643E12

Less saturated −25%#463C30

Channel breakdown

R85

G61

B33

Red85 (33.3%)

Green61 (23.9%)

Blue33 (12.9%)

Hue32.31°

Saturation (HSL)44.07%

Lightness23.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 55 · G 3D · B 21

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