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Recognised as Colour

#78541E

  • #78541E
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#78541E is a orange with RGB values 120, 84, 30 and HSL 36°, 60%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#78541E#78541E
HEX#78541E
RGBrgb(120, 84, 30)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.3294, 0.1176
RGB percentages47.1%, 32.9%, 11.8%
HSLhsl(36, 60%, 29.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(36, 75%, 47.1%)
CMYK0%, 30%, 75%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,885,854
CSS custom property--colour: #78541E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10427WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness92.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.81:1
Contrast with white6.81:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#87ABE1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#615617no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original
Deuteranopia#695E20no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Tritanopia#834B49no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.81:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 17.7Sienna · ΔE 20.6Peru · ΔE 28.6Dark olivegreen · ΔE 29Olive · ΔE 33.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 33.6
Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 17.72, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1E4278
Analogous#78271E, #6F781E
Triadic#1E7854, #541E78
Split complementary#1E6F78, #271E78
Tetradic#1E7827, #1E4278, #781E6F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0BA82
Lighter +30%#D6A459
Lighter +20%#CA8D32
Lighter +10%#A17128
Darker −10%#4F3714
Darker −20%#261B0A
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8B580B
Less saturated −25%#655031

Channel breakdown

R120
G84
B30
Red120 (47.1%)
Green84 (32.9%)
Blue30 (11.8%)
Hue36°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness29.41%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 78 · G 54 · B 1E

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