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Recognised as Colour

#603C09

  • #603C09
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#603C09 is a orange with RGB values 96, 60, 9 and HSL 35°, 83%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#603C09#603C09
HEX#603C09
RGBrgb(96, 60, 9)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.2353, 0.0353
RGB percentages37.6%, 23.5%, 3.5%
HSLhsl(35.2, 82.9%, 20.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(35.2, 90.6%, 37.6%)
CMYK0%, 37.5%, 90.6%, 62.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,306,825
CSS custom property--colour: #603C09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05738WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness69.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.78:1
Contrast with white9.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#404040
Inverted#9FC3F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#483F01no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#50470Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original
Tritanopia#6A3333no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.78:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 18.3Sienna · ΔE 23.3Dark olivegreen · ΔE 33.5Maroon · ΔE 36.8Peru · ΔE 36.8Brown · ΔE 39.4
Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 18.34, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#092D60
Analogous#601009, #586009
Triadic#09603C, #3C0960
Split complementary#095860, #110960
Tetradic#096011, #092D60, #600958

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEA947
Lighter +30%#E99319
Lighter +20%#BD7612
Lighter +10%#8F590D
Darker −10%#311F05
Darker −20%#030200
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#693E00
Less saturated −25%#533A16

Channel breakdown

R96
G60
B9
Red96 (37.6%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue9 (3.5%)
Hue35.17°
Saturation (HSL)82.86%
Lightness20.59%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 60 · G 3C · B 09

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