Recognised as Colour

#5B2F17

#5B2F17
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#5B2F17 is a orange with RGB values 91, 47, 23 and HSL 21°, 60%, 22%. 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

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HEX#5B2F17

RGBrgb(91, 47, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.1843, 0.0902

RGB percentages35.7%, 18.4%, 9%

HSLhsl(21.2, 59.6%, 22.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(21.2, 74.7%, 35.7%)

CMYK0%, 48.4%, 74.7%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,975,831

CSS custom property--colour: #5B2F17;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04319WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness61.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.27:1

Contrast with white11.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#373737

Inverted#A4D0E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3B3514no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#463E16no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original

Tritanopia#64262Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 23.1 Sienna · ΔE 25.2 Maroon · ΔE 33.4 Brown · ΔE 35 Dim grey · ΔE 35.7 Dark red · ΔE 37.7

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 23.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#17435B

Analogous#5B1721, #5B5117

Triadic#175B2F, #2F175B

Split complementary#175B51, #17215B

Tetradic#215B17, #17435B, #51175B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D88E66

Lighter +30%#CE703D

Lighter +20%#AC592C

Lighter +10%#844421

Darker −10%#321A0D

Darker −20%#0A0502

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#692B09

Less saturated −25%#4D3325

Channel breakdown

R91

G47

B23

Red91 (35.7%)

Green47 (18.4%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue21.18°

Saturation (HSL)59.65%

Lightness22.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5B · G 2F · B 17

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