Recognised as Colour

#6E401E

#6E401E
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#6E401E is a orange with RGB values 110, 64, 30 and HSL 26°, 57%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#6E401E

RGBrgb(110, 64, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.251, 0.1176

RGB percentages43.1%, 25.1%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(25.5, 57.1%, 27.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(25.5, 72.7%, 43.1%)

CMYK0%, 41.8%, 72.7%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,225,374

CSS custom property--colour: #6E401E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07076WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.7:1

Contrast with white8.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#474747

Inverted#91BFE1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4D451Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#584F1Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original

Tritanopia#793638no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 16.6 Sienna · ΔE 18.6 Maroon · ΔE 33.3 Brown · ΔE 33.4 Dim grey · ΔE 35.5 Peru · ΔE 35.7

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 16.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1E4C6E

Analogous#6E1E24, #6E681E

Triadic#1E6E40, #401E6E

Split complementary#1E6E68, #1E246E

Tetradic#246E1E, #1E4C6E, #681E6E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DBA57D

Lighter +30%#D18955

Lighter +20%#BE6F34

Lighter +10%#965729

Darker −10%#462913

Darker −20%#1E1108

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#803D0D

Less saturated −25%#5D4330

Channel breakdown

R110

G64

B30

Red110 (43.1%)

Green64 (25.1%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue25.5°

Saturation (HSL)57.14%

Lightness27.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6E · G 40 · B 1E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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