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Recognised as Colour

#6A4915

  • #6A4915
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#6A4915 is a orange with RGB values 106, 73, 21 and HSL 37°, 67%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#6A4915#6A4915
HEX#6A4915
RGBrgb(106, 73, 21)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.2863, 0.0824
RGB percentages41.6%, 28.6%, 8.2%
HSLhsl(36.7, 66.9%, 24.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(36.7, 80.2%, 41.6%)
CMYK0%, 31.1%, 80.2%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,965,525
CSS custom property--colour: #6A4915;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07883WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness80.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.15:1
Contrast with white8.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C
Inverted#95B6EA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#554B0Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#5D5317no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Tritanopia#74403Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.15:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 19Sienna · ΔE 22.8Dark olivegreen · ΔE 29.3Peru · ΔE 33.3Olive · ΔE 35.7Dim grey · ΔE 37.6
Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 18.95, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#15366A
Analogous#6A1E15, #616A15
Triadic#156A49, #49156A
Split complementary#15606A, #1F156A
Tetradic#156A1E, #15366A, #6A1560

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1B36A
Lighter +30%#D99D3F
Lighter +20%#BF8426
Lighter +10%#95661D
Darker −10%#3F2C0D
Darker −20%#150E04
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7A4D05
Less saturated −25%#5A4525

Channel breakdown

R106
G73
B21
Red106 (41.6%)
Green73 (28.6%)
Blue21 (8.2%)
Hue36.71°
Saturation (HSL)66.93%
Lightness24.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6A · G 49 · B 15

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