Recognised as Colour

#6B3924

#6B3924
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#6B3924 is a orange with RGB values 107, 57, 36 and HSL 18°, 50%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#6B3924

RGBrgb(107, 57, 36)

RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.2235, 0.1412

RGB percentages42%, 22.4%, 14.1%

HSLhsl(17.7, 49.7%, 28%)

HSV / HSBhsv(17.7, 66.4%, 42%)

CMYK0%, 46.7%, 66.4%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,026,980

CSS custom property--colour: #6B3924;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06179WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness74 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.39:1

Contrast with white9.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#424242

Inverted#94C6DB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#464022no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#524B23no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original

Tritanopia#753034no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 20.9 Sienna · ΔE 21.2 Brown · ΔE 31.7 Maroon · ΔE 32.3 Dim grey · ΔE 33.5 Indian red · ΔE 34.2

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 20.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#24566B

Analogous#6B2433, #6B5C24

Triadic#246B39, #39246B

Split complementary#246B5C, #24336B

Tetradic#336B24, #24566B, #5D246B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D69D85

Lighter +30%#C97E5F

Lighter +20%#B7623E

Lighter +10%#914D31

Darker −10%#452517

Darker −20%#1F100A

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7D3212

Less saturated −25%#594036

Channel breakdown

R107

G57

B36

Red107 (42%)

Green57 (22.4%)

Blue36 (14.1%)

Hue17.75°

Saturation (HSL)49.65%

Lightness28.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6B · G 39 · B 24

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