Recognised as Colour

#6A3409

#6A3409
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#6A3409 is a orange with RGB values 106, 52, 9 and HSL 27°, 84%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#6A3409

RGBrgb(106, 52, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.2039, 0.0353

RGB percentages41.6%, 20.4%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(26.6, 84.3%, 22.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(26.6, 91.5%, 41.6%)

CMYK0%, 50.9%, 91.5%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,960,137

CSS custom property--colour: #6A3409;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0554WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness70.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.96:1

Contrast with white9.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C

Inverted#95CBF6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#443B02no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#514708no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original

Tritanopia#75282Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 12.2 Sienna · ΔE 17.6 Maroon · ΔE 27.2 Brown · ΔE 30.4 Dark red · ΔE 30.5 Peru · ΔE 35.9

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 12.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#093F6A

Analogous#6A090F, #6A6409

Triadic#096A34, #34096A

Split complementary#096A64, #090F6A

Tetradic#0F6A09, #093F6A, #64096A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0964F

Lighter +30%#EC7A20

Lighter +20%#C86211

Lighter +10%#994B0D

Darker −10%#3B1D05

Darker −20%#0C0601

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#733300

Less saturated −25%#5C3617

Channel breakdown

R106

G52

Red106 (41.6%)

Green52 (20.4%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue26.6°

Saturation (HSL)84.35%

Lightness22.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6A · G 34 · B 09

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