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Recognised as Colour

#623D17

  • #623D17
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#623D17 is a orange with RGB values 98, 61, 23 and HSL 30°, 62%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#623D17#623D17
HEX#623D17
RGBrgb(98, 61, 23)
RGB (0–1)0.3843, 0.2392, 0.0902
RGB percentages38.4%, 23.9%, 9%
HSLhsl(30.4, 62%, 23.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(30.4, 76.5%, 38.4%)
CMYK0%, 37.8%, 76.5%, 61.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,438,167
CSS custom property--colour: #623D17;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05996WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness71.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.55:1
Contrast with white9.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#424242
Inverted#9DC2E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#494013no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original
Deuteranopia#514918no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original
Tritanopia#6B3535no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.55:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 19.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#173C62
Analogous#621717, #626217
Triadic#17623D, #3D1762
Split complementary#176262, #171762
Tetradic#176217, #173C62, #621762

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#DCA369
Lighter +30%#D28A40
Lighter +20%#B5702A
Lighter +10%#8B5721
Darker −10%#39230D
Darker −20%#0F0A04
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#713D08
Less saturated −25%#533D26

Channel breakdown

R98
G61
B23
Red98 (38.4%)
Green61 (23.9%)
Blue23 (9%)
Hue30.4°
Saturation (HSL)61.98%
Lightness23.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 62 · G 3D · B 17

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