Recognised as Colour

#6D3B17

#6D3B17
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#6D3B17 is a orange with RGB values 109, 59, 23 and HSL 25°, 65%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#6D3B17

RGBrgb(109, 59, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.2314, 0.0902

RGB percentages42.7%, 23.1%, 9%

HSLhsl(25.1, 65.2%, 25.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(25.1, 78.9%, 42.7%)

CMYK0%, 45.9%, 78.9%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,158,551

CSS custom property--colour: #6D3B17;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06441WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.18:1

Contrast with white9.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#434343

Inverted#92C4E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4A4113no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#554C17no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original

Tritanopia#783033no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 14.4 Sienna · ΔE 17.5 Maroon · ΔE 30.4 Brown · ΔE 31.6 Dark red · ΔE 33.8 Indian red · ΔE 35.7

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 14.4, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#17496D

Analogous#6D171E, #6D6617

Triadic#176D3B, #3B176D

Split complementary#176D66, #171E6D

Tetradic#1E6D17, #17496D, #66176D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E19F6F

Lighter +30%#D88345

Lighter +20%#C16929

Lighter +10%#975220

Darker −10%#43240E

Darker −20%#190D05

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7E3806

Less saturated −25%#5C3E27

Channel breakdown

R109

G59

B23

Red109 (42.7%)

Green59 (23.1%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue25.12°

Saturation (HSL)65.15%

Lightness25.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6D · G 3B · B 17

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