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Recognised as Colour

#6D5D44

  • #6D5D44
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#6D5D44 is a orange with RGB values 109, 93, 68 and HSL 37°, 23%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#6D5D44#6D5D44
HEX#6D5D44
RGBrgb(109, 93, 68)
RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.3647, 0.2667
RGB percentages42.7%, 36.5%, 26.7%
HSLhsl(36.6, 23.2%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(36.6, 37.6%, 42.7%)
CMYK0%, 14.7%, 37.6%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,167,300
CSS custom property--colour: #6D5D44;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11497WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.36:1
Contrast with white6.36:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#92A2BB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#645D42no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#686145no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Tritanopia#745856no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.36:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.3:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 17.4Gray · ΔE 21.5Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.5Dark slate grey · ΔE 26.6Rosy brown · ΔE 29.2Slate grey · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 17.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#44546D
Analogous#6D4844, #686D44
Triadic#446D5D, #5D446D
Split complementary#44686D, #49446D
Tetradic#446D49, #44546D, #6D4469

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CDC2B0
Lighter +30%#BAAA90
Lighter +20%#A69171
Lighter +10%#8C7858
Darker −10%#4E4230
Darker −20%#2E271D
Darker −30%#0F0D09
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#83622E
Less saturated −25%#595959

Channel breakdown

R109
G93
B68
Red109 (42.7%)
Green93 (36.5%)
Blue68 (26.7%)
Hue36.59°
Saturation (HSL)23.16%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6D · G 5D · B 44

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