Colour

#6A4E29

#6A4E29
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#6A4E29 is a orange with RGB values 106, 78, 41 and HSL 34°, 44%, 29%. 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

#6A4E29#6A4E29

HEX#6A4E29

RGBrgb(106, 78, 41)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.3059, 0.1608

RGB percentages41.6%, 30.6%, 16.1%

HSLhsl(34.2, 44.2%, 28.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(34.2, 61.3%, 41.6%)

CMYK0%, 26.4%, 61.3%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,966,825

CSS custom property--colour: #6A4E29;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08673WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness84.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.68:1

Contrast with white7.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#515151

Inverted#95B1D6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#584F26no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#5F562Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original

Tritanopia#734745no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 24.4 Sienna · ΔE 25.5 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27.2 Dim grey · ΔE 28.6 Gray · ΔE 32.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 35.6

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 24.39, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#29456A

Analogous#6A2E29, #656A29

Triadic#296A4E, #4E296A

Split complementary#29656A, #2E296A

Tetradic#296A2E, #29456A, #6A2965

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D3B48C

Lighter +30%#C49C68

Lighter +20%#B48445

Lighter +10%#8F6937

Darker −10%#45331B

Darker −20%#20180D

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7C5117

Less saturated −25%#584B3B

Channel breakdown

R106

G78

B41

Red106 (41.6%)

Green78 (30.6%)

Blue41 (16.1%)

Hue34.15°

Saturation (HSL)44.22%

Lightness28.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6A · G 4E · B 29

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