Recognised as Colour

#6A4E1E

#6A4E1E
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#6A4E1E is a orange with RGB values 106, 78, 30 and HSL 38°, 56%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#6A4E1E

RGBrgb(106, 78, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.3059, 0.1176

RGB percentages41.6%, 30.6%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(37.9, 55.9%, 26.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(37.9, 71.7%, 41.6%)

CMYK0%, 26.4%, 71.7%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,966,814

CSS custom property--colour: #6A4E1E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08607WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness83.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.72:1

Contrast with white7.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#505050

Inverted#95B1E1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#594F19no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#5F5620no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original

Tritanopia#734644no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 22.1 Sienna · ΔE 24.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26.1 Dim grey · ΔE 34 Peru · ΔE 34.4 Olive · ΔE 35.4

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 22.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1E3A6A

Analogous#6A281E, #606A1E

Triadic#1E6A4E, #4E1E6A

Split complementary#1E606A, #281E6A

Tetradic#1E6A28, #1E3A6A, #6A1E60

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DAB77B

Lighter +30%#CEA153

Lighter +20%#BA8935

Lighter +10%#926B29

Darker −10%#423113

Darker −20%#1B1408

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7B520D

Less saturated −25%#594A2F

Channel breakdown

R106

G78

B30

Red106 (41.6%)

Green78 (30.6%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue37.89°

Saturation (HSL)55.88%

Lightness26.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6A · G 4E · B 1E

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Colour harmonies

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