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Recognised as Colour

#5A290B

  • #5A290B
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#5A290B is a orange with RGB values 90, 41, 11 and HSL 23°, 78%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#5A290B#5A290B
HEX#5A290B
RGBrgb(90, 41, 11)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.1608, 0.0431
RGB percentages35.3%, 16.1%, 4.3%
HSLhsl(22.8, 78.2%, 19.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(22.8, 87.8%, 35.3%)
CMYK0%, 54.4%, 87.8%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,908,747
CSS custom property--colour: #5A290B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03784WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness58.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.95:1
Contrast with white11.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#313131
Inverted#A5D6F4

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#373007no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#433B0Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Tritanopia#631E23no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.95:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 20.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#0B3C5A
Analogous#5A0B14, #5A510B
Triadic#0B5A29, #290B5A
Split complementary#0B5A50, #0B155A
Tetradic#155A0B, #0B3C5A, #500B5A

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#E98548
Lighter +30%#E2671C
Lighter +20%#B55216
Lighter +10%#873E11
Darker −10%#2D1405
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#652600
Less saturated −25%#4D2C18

Channel breakdown

R90
G41
B11
Red90 (35.3%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue11 (4.3%)
Hue22.78°
Saturation (HSL)78.22%
Lightness19.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 5A · G 29 · B 0B

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