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Recognised as Colour

#6A460F

  • #6A460F
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#6A460F is a orange with RGB values 106, 70, 15 and HSL 36°, 75%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#6A460F#6A460F
HEX#6A460F
RGBrgb(106, 70, 15)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.2745, 0.0588
RGB percentages41.6%, 27.5%, 5.9%
HSLhsl(36.3, 75.2%, 23.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(36.3, 85.8%, 41.6%)
CMYK0%, 34%, 85.8%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,964,751
CSS custom property--colour: #6A460F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07479WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.41:1
Contrast with white8.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#95B9F0

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#534805no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#5B5111no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Tritanopia#743D3Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.41:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 17.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#0F336A
Analogous#6A190F, #606A0F
Triadic#0F6A46, #460F6A
Split complementary#0F606A, #190F6A
Tetradic#0F6A19, #0F336A, #6A0F60

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#E8B15D
Lighter +30%#E29C30
Lighter +20%#C3811C
Lighter +10%#976415
Darker −10%#3D2809
Darker −20%#110B02
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#794900
Less saturated −25%#5B431E

Channel breakdown

R106
G70
B15
Red106 (41.6%)
Green70 (27.5%)
Blue15 (5.9%)
Hue36.26°
Saturation (HSL)75.21%
Lightness23.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6A · G 46 · B 0F

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