Recognised as Colour

#6A4000

#6A4000
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#6A4000 is a orange with RGB values 106, 64, 0 and HSL 36°, 100%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#6A4000

RGBrgb(106, 64, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.251, 0

RGB percentages41.6%, 25.1%, 0%

HSLhsl(36.2, 100%, 20.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(36.2, 100%, 41.6%)

CMYK0%, 39.6%, 100%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,963,200

CSS custom property--colour: #6A4000;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06731WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.95:1

Contrast with white8.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#95BFFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4E4300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#584D02no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original

Tritanopia#753635no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 14.2 Sienna · ΔE 20.8 Peru · ΔE 32.3 Maroon · ΔE 35 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 35.6 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 35.9

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 14.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#002A6A

Analogous#6A0B00, #5F6A00

Triadic#006A40, #40006A

Split complementary#005F6A, #0B006A

Tetradic#006A0B, #002A6A, #6A005F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFB037

Lighter +30%#FF9C04

Lighter +20%#D07E00

Lighter +10%#9D5F00

Darker −10%#372100

Darker −20%#040200

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6A4000

Less saturated −25%#5D3D0D

Channel breakdown

R106

G64

Red106 (41.6%)

Green64 (25.1%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue36.23°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness20.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6A · G 40 · B 00

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Colour values

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