Recognised as Colour

#73572A

#73572A
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#73572A is a orange with RGB values 115, 87, 42 and HSL 37°, 46%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#73572A

RGBrgb(115, 87, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.3412, 0.1647

RGB percentages45.1%, 34.1%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(37, 46.5%, 30.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(37, 63.5%, 45.1%)

CMYK0%, 24.3%, 63.5%, 54.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,558,954

CSS custom property--colour: #73572A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10628WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness92.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.72:1

Contrast with white6.72:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A

Inverted#8CA8D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#625826no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#685F2Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original

Tritanopia#7D4F4Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.13:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 23.1 Sienna · ΔE 24.4 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.1 Dim grey · ΔE 31.2 Peru · ΔE 32.7 Gray · ΔE 34.1

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 23.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2A4673

Analogous#73332A, #6B732A

Triadic#2A7357, #572A73

Split complementary#2A6B73, #322A73

Tetradic#2A7332, #2A4673, #732A6B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D7BD92

Lighter +30%#C9A66D

Lighter +20%#BC8F47

Lighter +10%#987338

Darker −10%#4E3B1C

Darker −20%#281E0F

Darker −30%#030201

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#875C16

Less saturated −25%#5F523E

Channel breakdown

R115

G87

B42

Red115 (45.1%)

Green87 (34.1%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue36.99°

Saturation (HSL)46.5%

Lightness30.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 73 · G 57 · B 2A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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