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Recognised as Colour

#5E280A

  • #5E280A
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#5E280A is a orange with RGB values 94, 40, 10 and HSL 21°, 81%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#5E280A#5E280A
HEX#5E280A
RGBrgb(94, 40, 10)
RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.1569, 0.0392
RGB percentages36.9%, 15.7%, 3.9%
HSLhsl(21.4, 80.8%, 20.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(21.4, 89.4%, 36.9%)
CMYK0%, 57.4%, 89.4%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,170,634
CSS custom property--colour: #5E280A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03919WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness59.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.77:1
Contrast with white11.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#313131
Inverted#A1D7F5

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#373006no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#453C08no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Tritanopia#681C22no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 18.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#0A405E
Analogous#5E0A16, #5E520A
Triadic#0A5E28, #280A5E
Split complementary#0A5E52, #0A165E
Tetradic#165E0A, #0A405E, #520A5E

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#EC8348
Lighter +30%#E7631A
Lighter +20%#BA4F14
Lighter +10%#8C3C0F
Darker −10%#301405
Darker −20%#020100
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#682500
Less saturated −25%#512C17

Channel breakdown

R94
G40
B10
Red94 (36.9%)
Green40 (15.7%)
Blue10 (3.9%)
Hue21.43°
Saturation (HSL)80.77%
Lightness20.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 5E · G 28 · B 0A

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