Colour

#72520C

#72520C
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#72520C is a orange with RGB values 114, 82, 12 and HSL 41°, 81%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#72520C

RGBrgb(114, 82, 12)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.3216, 0.0471

RGB percentages44.7%, 32.2%, 4.7%

HSLhsl(41.2, 81%, 24.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(41.2, 89.5%, 44.7%)

CMYK0%, 28.1%, 89.5%, 55.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,492,108

CSS custom property--colour: #72520C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09639WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness88.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.17:1

Contrast with white7.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#545454

Inverted#8DADF3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5F5300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#665B10no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original

Tritanopia#7D4945no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 19.5 Sienna · ΔE 24.1 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 28.6 Olive · ΔE 28.8 Peru · ΔE 29.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 30.5

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 19.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0C2C72

Analogous#721F0C, #5F720C

Triadic#0C7252, #520C72

Split complementary#0C5F72, #1F0C72

Tetradic#0C721F, #0C2C72, #720C5F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEC05C

Lighter +30%#E9AE2E

Lighter +20%#CE9416

Lighter +10%#A07311

Darker −10%#443107

Darker −20%#161002

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7E5600

Less saturated −25%#624C1C

Channel breakdown

R114

G82

B12

Red114 (44.7%)

Green82 (32.2%)

Blue12 (4.7%)

Hue41.18°

Saturation (HSL)80.95%

Lightness24.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 72 · G 52 · B 0C

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Colour values

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