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Recognised as Colour

#6C4909

  • #6C4909
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#6C4909 is a orange with RGB values 108, 73, 9 and HSL 39°, 85%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#6C4909#6C4909
HEX#6C4909
RGBrgb(108, 73, 9)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.2863, 0.0353
RGB percentages42.4%, 28.6%, 3.5%
HSLhsl(38.8, 84.6%, 22.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(38.8, 91.7%, 42.4%)
CMYK0%, 32.4%, 91.7%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,096,585
CSS custom property--colour: #6C4909;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07973WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness81.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.09:1
Contrast with white8.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C
Inverted#93B6F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#564B00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#5E530Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Tritanopia#76403Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.09:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 17.4Sienna · ΔE 22.6Dark olivegreen · ΔE 30.9Peru · ΔE 31.4Olive · ΔE 33.2Dark goldenrod · ΔE 34.1
Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 17.43, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#092C6C
Analogous#6C1709, #5E6C09
Triadic#096C49, #49096C
Split complementary#095E6C, #17096C
Tetradic#096C17, #092C6C, #6C095E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0B851
Lighter +30%#EDA521
Lighter +20%#CA8911
Lighter +10%#9B690D
Darker −10%#3D2905
Darker −20%#0E0901
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#754C00
Less saturated −25%#5D4518

Channel breakdown

R108
G73
B9
Red108 (42.4%)
Green73 (28.6%)
Blue9 (3.5%)
Hue38.79°
Saturation (HSL)84.62%
Lightness22.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6C · G 49 · B 09

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