Colour

#6A290F

#6A290F
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#6A290F is a orange with RGB values 106, 41, 15 and HSL 17°, 75%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#6A290F

RGBrgb(106, 41, 15)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.1608, 0.0588

RGB percentages41.6%, 16.1%, 5.9%

HSLhsl(17.1, 75.2%, 23.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(17.1, 85.8%, 41.6%)

CMYK0%, 61.3%, 85.8%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,957,327

CSS custom property--colour: #6A290F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04685WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.84:1

Contrast with white10.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#353535

Inverted#95D6F0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3B340Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#4B430Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original

Tritanopia#751A24no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 15.9 Sienna · ΔE 18.8 Maroon · ΔE 21.9 Brown · ΔE 25 Dark red · ΔE 26 Firebrick · ΔE 32.2

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 15.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0F506A

Analogous#6A0F22, #6A570F

Triadic#0F6A29, #290F6A

Split complementary#0F6A56, #0F236A

Tetradic#236A0F, #0F506A, #560F6A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E8855D

Lighter +30%#E26330

Lighter +20%#C34C1C

Lighter +10%#973A15

Darker −10%#3D1809

Darker −20%#110602

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#792300

Less saturated −25%#5B2F1E

Channel breakdown

R106

G41

B15

Red106 (41.6%)

Green41 (16.1%)

Blue15 (5.9%)

Hue17.14°

Saturation (HSL)75.21%

Lightness23.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6A · G 29 · B 0F

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