Recognised as Colour

#5E280E

#5E280E
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#5E280E is a orange with RGB values 94, 40, 14 and HSL 20°, 74%, 21%. 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

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HEX#5E280E

RGBrgb(94, 40, 14)

RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.1569, 0.0549

RGB percentages36.9%, 15.7%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(19.5, 74.1%, 21.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(19.5, 85.1%, 36.9%)

CMYK0%, 57.4%, 85.1%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,170,638

CSS custom property--colour: #5E280E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03929WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness60 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.76:1

Contrast with white11.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#A1D7F1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#37300Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#443C0Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original

Tritanopia#681C23no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 19.6 Sienna · ΔE 22.8 Maroon · ΔE 27.3 Brown · ΔE 30.4 Dark red · ΔE 31.6 Indian red · ΔE 37.6

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 19.63, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0E445E

Analogous#5E0E1C, #5E500E

Triadic#0E5E28, #280E5E

Split complementary#0E5E50, #0E1C5E

Tetradic#1C5E0E, #0E445E, #500E5E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E58253

Lighter +30%#DF6226

Lighter +20%#B74E1B

Lighter +10%#8A3B15

Darker −10%#321507

Darker −20%#050201

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6C2301

Less saturated −25%#512D1C

Channel breakdown

R94

G40

B14

Red94 (36.9%)

Green40 (15.7%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue19.5°

Saturation (HSL)74.07%

Lightness21.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5E · G 28 · B 0E

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