Recognised as Colour

#6C2A12

#6C2A12
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#6C2A12 is a orange with RGB values 108, 42, 18 and HSL 16°, 71%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#6C2A12

RGBrgb(108, 42, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.1647, 0.0706

RGB percentages42.4%, 16.5%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(16, 71.4%, 24.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(16, 83.3%, 42.4%)

CMYK0%, 61.1%, 83.3%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,088,658

CSS custom property--colour: #6C2A12;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04888WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.62:1

Contrast with white10.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#93D5ED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3D350Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#4D4410no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original

Tritanopia#771B25no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 16.1 Sienna · ΔE 18.5 Maroon · ΔE 21.9 Brown · ΔE 24.4 Dark red · ΔE 26 Firebrick · ΔE 31.8

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 16.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#12546C

Analogous#6C1227, #6C5712

Triadic#126C2A, #2A126C

Split complementary#126C57, #12276C

Tetradic#276C12, #12546C, #57126C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E58765

Lighter +30%#DE6539

Lighter +20%#C34C21

Lighter +10%#983B19

Darker −10%#40190B

Darker −20%#150803

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7C2302

Less saturated −25%#5C3122

Channel breakdown

R108

G42

B18

Red108 (42.4%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue16°

Saturation (HSL)71.43%

Lightness24.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6C · G 2A · B 12

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