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Recognised as Colour

#684C03

  • #684C03
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#684C03 is a orange with RGB values 104, 76, 3 and HSL 43°, 94%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#684C03#684C03
HEX#684C03
RGBrgb(104, 76, 3)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.298, 0.0118
RGB percentages40.8%, 29.8%, 1.2%
HSLhsl(43.4, 94.4%, 21%)
HSV / HSBhsv(43.4, 97.1%, 40.8%)
CMYK0%, 26.9%, 97.1%, 59.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,835,203
CSS custom property--colour: #684C03;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08119WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness81.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8:1
Contrast with white8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D
Inverted#97B3FC

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#584C00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#5E5308no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Tritanopia#724340no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 21.3, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#031F68
Analogous#681A03, #526803
Triadic#03684C, #4C0368
Split complementary#035168, #1A0368
Tetradic#03681A, #031F68, #680351

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#F9C53E
Lighter +30%#F8B70C
Lighter +20%#CB9406
Lighter +10%#9A7004
Darker −10%#362802
Darker −20%#050400
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6B4D00
Less saturated −25%#5B4610

Channel breakdown

R104
G76
B3
Red104 (40.8%)
Green76 (29.8%)
Blue3 (1.2%)
Hue43.37°
Saturation (HSL)94.39%
Lightness20.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 68 · G 4C · B 03

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