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Recognised as Colour

#5B3601

  • #5B3601
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#5B3601 is a orange with RGB values 91, 54, 1 and HSL 35°, 98%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#5B3601#5B3601
HEX#5B3601
RGBrgb(91, 54, 1)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.2118, 0.0039
RGB percentages35.7%, 21.2%, 0.4%
HSLhsl(35.3, 97.8%, 18%)
HSV / HSBhsv(35.3, 98.9%, 35.7%)
CMYK0%, 40.7%, 98.9%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,977,601
CSS custom property--colour: #5B3601;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04865WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness64.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.64:1
Contrast with white10.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#A4C9FE

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#423900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#4B4202no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Tritanopia#642D2Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.64:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 18.58, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#01265B
Analogous#5B0901, #535B01
Triadic#015B36, #36015B
Split complementary#01535B, #09015B
Tetradic#015B09, #01265B, #5B0153

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FDA72B
Lighter +30%#F29003
Lighter +20%#C07202
Lighter +10%#8D5402
Darker −10%#291800
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5C3600
Less saturated −25%#50340C

Channel breakdown

R91
G54
B1
Red91 (35.7%)
Green54 (21.2%)
Blue1 (0.4%)
Hue35.33°
Saturation (HSL)97.83%
Lightness18.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 5B · G 36 · B 01

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