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Recognised as Colour

#6B3F12

  • #6B3F12
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#6B3F12 is a orange with RGB values 107, 63, 18 and HSL 30°, 71%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#6B3F12#6B3F12
HEX#6B3F12
RGBrgb(107, 63, 18)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.2471, 0.0706
RGB percentages42%, 24.7%, 7.1%
HSLhsl(30.3, 71.2%, 24.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(30.3, 83.2%, 42%)
CMYK0%, 41.1%, 83.2%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,028,498
CSS custom property--colour: #6B3F12;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06724WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness76.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.96:1
Contrast with white8.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#454545
Inverted#94C0ED

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#4D430Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#574D12no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Tritanopia#763536no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 14.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#123E6B
Analogous#6B1212, #6B6B12
Triadic#126B3F, #3F126B
Split complementary#126B6B, #12126B
Tetradic#126B12, #123E6B, #6B126B

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#E5A564
Lighter +30%#DE8C38
Lighter +20%#C27221
Lighter +10%#975919
Darker −10%#3F250B
Darker −20%#140C03
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7B3F02
Less saturated −25%#5B3F22

Channel breakdown

R107
G63
B18
Red107 (42%)
Green63 (24.7%)
Blue18 (7.1%)
Hue30.34°
Saturation (HSL)71.2%
Lightness24.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6B · G 3F · B 12

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