Recognised as Colour

#6A230B

#6A230B
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#6A230B is a orange with RGB values 106, 35, 11 and HSL 15°, 81%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#6A230B

RGBrgb(106, 35, 11)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.1373, 0.0431

RGB percentages41.6%, 13.7%, 4.3%

HSLhsl(15.2, 81.2%, 22.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(15.2, 89.6%, 41.6%)

CMYK0%, 67%, 89.6%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,955,787

CSS custom property--colour: #6A230B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0429WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness64 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.3:1

Contrast with white11.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#95DCF4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#383007no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#494007no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original

Tritanopia#750F1Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 16.8 Maroon · ΔE 18.9 Sienna · ΔE 19.8 Brown · ΔE 23.1 Dark red · ΔE 23.2 Firebrick · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 16.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0B526A

Analogous#6A0B23, #6A520B

Triadic#0B6A23, #230B6A

Split complementary#0B6A52, #0B236A

Tetradic#236A0B, #0B526A, #520B6A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ED7B54

Lighter +30%#E85726

Lighter +20%#C64215

Lighter +10%#983210

Darker −10%#3C1406

Darker −20%#0E0401

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#751E00

Less saturated −25%#5B2A1A

Channel breakdown

R106

G35

B11

Red106 (41.6%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue11 (4.3%)

Hue15.16°

Saturation (HSL)81.2%

Lightness22.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6A · G 23 · B 0B

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