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Recognised as Colour

#6E500F

  • #6E500F
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#6E500F is a orange with RGB values 110, 80, 15 and HSL 41°, 76%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#6E500F#6E500F
HEX#6E500F
RGBrgb(110, 80, 15)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.3137, 0.0588
RGB percentages43.1%, 31.4%, 5.9%
HSLhsl(41.1, 76%, 24.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(41.1, 86.4%, 43.1%)
CMYK0%, 27.3%, 86.4%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,229,455
CSS custom property--colour: #6E500F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09087WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness86 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.45:1
Contrast with white7.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#525252
Inverted#91AFF0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5C5102no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#635812no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Tritanopia#784744no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.45:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 20.2Sienna · ΔE 24.6Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27.5Olive · ΔE 30Peru · ΔE 30.8Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 20.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0F2D6E
Analogous#6E200F, #5C6E0F
Triadic#0F6E50, #500F6E
Split complementary#0F5C6E, #210F6E
Tetradic#0F6E21, #0F2D6E, #6E0F5D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9BE60
Lighter +30%#E3AB33
Lighter +20%#C8911B
Lighter +10%#9B7115
Darker −10%#412F09
Darker −20%#140F03
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7D5600
Less saturated −25%#5E4A1F

Channel breakdown

R110
G80
B15
Red110 (43.1%)
Green80 (31.4%)
Blue15 (5.9%)
Hue41.05°
Saturation (HSL)76%
Lightness24.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6E · G 50 · B 0F

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