Recognised as Colour

#6E381C

#6E381C
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#6E381C is a orange with RGB values 110, 56, 28 and HSL 20°, 59%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#6E381C

RGBrgb(110, 56, 28)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.2196, 0.1098

RGB percentages43.1%, 22%, 11%

HSLhsl(20.5, 59.4%, 27.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(20.5, 74.5%, 43.1%)

CMYK0%, 49.1%, 74.5%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,223,324

CSS custom property--colour: #6E381C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06227WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness74.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.35:1

Contrast with white9.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#414141

Inverted#91C7E3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#473F19no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#544B1Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original

Tritanopia#792D32no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 16.1 Sienna · ΔE 17.8 Maroon · ΔE 28.9 Brown · ΔE 29.4 Dark red · ΔE 32.6 Indian red · ΔE 33.6

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 16.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1C526E

Analogous#6E1C29, #6E611C

Triadic#1C6E38, #381C6E

Split complementary#1C6E61, #1C296E

Tetradic#296E1C, #1C526E, #611C6E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DD9B79

Lighter +30%#D37D50

Lighter +20%#BF6131

Lighter +10%#974D26

Darker −10%#452312

Darker −20%#1D0F07

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7F330B

Less saturated −25%#5D3D2D

Channel breakdown

R110

G56

B28

Red110 (43.1%)

Green56 (22%)

Blue28 (11%)

Hue20.49°

Saturation (HSL)59.42%

Lightness27.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6E · G 38 · B 1C

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