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Recognised as Colour

#744A09

  • #744A09
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#744A09 is a orange with RGB values 116, 74, 9 and HSL 36°, 86%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#744A09#744A09
HEX#744A09
RGBrgb(116, 74, 9)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.2902, 0.0353
RGB percentages45.5%, 29%, 3.5%
HSLhsl(36.4, 85.6%, 24.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(36.4, 92.2%, 45.5%)
CMYK0%, 36.2%, 92.2%, 54.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,621,129
CSS custom property--colour: #744A09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0863WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness85.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.7:1
Contrast with white7.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E
Inverted#8BB5F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#584D00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#62570Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Tritanopia#7F3F3Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.7:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 13.9Sienna · ΔE 19.5Peru · ΔE 28.6Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.2Dark olivegreen · ΔE 34Olive · ΔE 34.2
Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 13.92, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#093374
Analogous#741409, #697409
Triadic#09744A, #4A0974
Split complementary#096974, #140974
Tetradic#097414, #093374, #740969

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2B557
Lighter +30%#EEA028
Lighter +20%#D38610
Lighter +10%#A3680D
Darker −10%#452C05
Darker −20%#150E02
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7D4C00
Less saturated −25%#644719

Channel breakdown

R116
G74
B9
Red116 (45.5%)
Green74 (29%)
Blue9 (3.5%)
Hue36.45°
Saturation (HSL)85.6%
Lightness24.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 74 · G 4A · B 09

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