Colour

#74540E

#74540E
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#74540E is a orange with RGB values 116, 84, 14 and HSL 41°, 78%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#74540E

RGBrgb(116, 84, 14)

RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.3294, 0.0549

RGB percentages45.5%, 32.9%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(41.2, 78.5%, 25.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(41.2, 87.9%, 45.5%)

CMYK0%, 27.6%, 87.9%, 54.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,623,694

CSS custom property--colour: #74540E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10085WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness90.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.96:1

Contrast with white6.96:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#565656

Inverted#8BABF1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#615500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#685D12no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original

Tritanopia#7F4B47no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.02:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 19.7 Sienna · ΔE 24.1 Olive · ΔE 28.2 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 28.4 Peru · ΔE 28.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.8

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 19.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0E2E74

Analogous#74210E, #61740E

Triadic#0E7454, #540E74

Split complementary#0E6174, #210E74

Tetradic#0E7421, #0E2E74, #740E61

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECC162

Lighter +30%#E7AF34

Lighter +20%#CF9619

Lighter +10%#A27513

Darker −10%#463309

Darker −20%#191203

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#825900

Less saturated −25%#644E1E

Channel breakdown

R116

G84

B14

Red116 (45.5%)

Green84 (32.9%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue41.18°

Saturation (HSL)78.46%

Lightness25.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 74 · G 54 · B 0E

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Colour values

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