Recognised as Colour

#6D311D

#6D311D
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#6D311D is a orange with RGB values 109, 49, 29 and HSL 15°, 58%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#6D311D#6D311D

HEX#6D311D

RGBrgb(109, 49, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.1922, 0.1137

RGB percentages42.7%, 19.2%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(15, 58%, 27.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(15, 73.4%, 42.7%)

CMYK0%, 55%, 73.4%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,155,997

CSS custom property--colour: #6D311D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05537WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness71.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.97:1

Contrast with white9.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C

Inverted#92CEE2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#413A1Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#50481Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original

Tritanopia#78252Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 18.5 Sienna · ΔE 19.3 Maroon · ΔE 26.5 Brown · ΔE 26.9 Dark red · ΔE 30.6 Indian red · ΔE 32.1

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 18.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1D596D

Analogous#6D1D31, #6D591D

Triadic#1D6D31, #311D6D

Split complementary#1D6D59, #1D316D

Tetradic#316D1D, #1D596D, #591D6D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DC937A

Lighter +30%#D17252

Lighter +20%#BE5532

Lighter +10%#954328

Darker −10%#451F12

Darker −20%#1C0D08

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7E280C

Less saturated −25%#5C3A2E

Channel breakdown

R109

G49

B29

Red109 (42.7%)

Green49 (19.2%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue15°

Saturation (HSL)57.97%

Lightness27.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6D · G 31 · B 1D

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