Recognised as Colour

#5B2817

#5B2817
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#5B2817 is a orange with RGB values 91, 40, 23 and HSL 15°, 60%, 22%. 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#5B2817

RGBrgb(91, 40, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.1569, 0.0902

RGB percentages35.7%, 15.7%, 9%

HSLhsl(15, 59.6%, 22.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(15, 74.7%, 35.7%)

CMYK0%, 56%, 74.7%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,974,039

CSS custom property--colour: #5B2817;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03804WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness59 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.93:1

Contrast with white11.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#A4D7E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#363015no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#423B16no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original

Tritanopia#641E24no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 24.3 Sienna · ΔE 26 Maroon · ΔE 30.7 Brown · ΔE 32.4 Dark red · ΔE 35.2 Dim grey · ΔE 37.7

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 24.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#174A5B

Analogous#5B1728, #5B4A17

Triadic#175B28, #28175B

Split complementary#175B4A, #17285B

Tetradic#285B17, #174A5B, #4A175B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D88266

Lighter +30%#CE613D

Lighter +20%#AC4C2C

Lighter +10%#843A21

Darker −10%#32160D

Darker −20%#0A0402

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#692109

Less saturated −25%#4D2F25

Channel breakdown

R91

G40

B23

Red91 (35.7%)

Green40 (15.7%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue15°

Saturation (HSL)59.65%

Lightness22.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5B · G 28 · B 17

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