Recognised as Colour

#6A3817

#6A3817
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#6A3817 is a orange with RGB values 106, 56, 23 and HSL 24°, 64%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#6A3817

RGBrgb(106, 56, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.2196, 0.0902

RGB percentages41.6%, 22%, 9%

HSLhsl(23.9, 64.3%, 25.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(23.9, 78.3%, 41.6%)

CMYK0%, 47.2%, 78.3%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,961,175

CSS custom property--colour: #6A3817;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05954WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness72.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.59:1

Contrast with white9.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#404040

Inverted#95C7E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#463E13no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#524917no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original

Tritanopia#752D31no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 15.8 Sienna · ΔE 18.7 Maroon · ΔE 30.2 Brown · ΔE 31.5 Dark red · ΔE 33.8 Indian red · ΔE 35.8

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 15.8, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#17496A

Analogous#6A1720, #6A6217

Triadic#176A38, #38176A

Split complementary#176A61, #17206A

Tetradic#206A17, #17496A, #61176A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DF9B6E

Lighter +30%#D67E44

Lighter +20%#BE6429

Lighter +10%#944E20

Darker −10%#40220E

Darker −20%#160C05

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7A3507

Less saturated −25%#5A3B27

Channel breakdown

R106

G56

B23

Red106 (41.6%)

Green56 (22%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue23.86°

Saturation (HSL)64.34%

Lightness25.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6A · G 38 · B 17

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