Colour

#79472A

#79472A
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#79472A is a orange with RGB values 121, 71, 42 and HSL 22°, 48%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

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HEX#79472A

RGBrgb(121, 71, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.2784, 0.1647

RGB percentages47.5%, 27.8%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(22, 48.5%, 32%)

HSV / HSBhsv(22, 65.3%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 41.3%, 65.3%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,948,074

CSS custom property--colour: #79472A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08739WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness86.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.64:1

Contrast with white7.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#505050

Inverted#86B8D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#554D27no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#61582Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original

Tritanopia#843D40no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 16.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 16.9 Brown · ΔE 31.6 Indian red · ΔE 32.1 Dim grey · ΔE 33.3 Maroon · ΔE 33.4

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 16.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2A5C79

Analogous#792A34, #796F2A

Triadic#2A7947, #472A79

Split complementary#2A796E, #2A3579

Tetradic#34792A, #2A5C79, #6E2A79

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DAAE95

Lighter +30%#CD926F

Lighter +20%#C07549

Lighter +10%#9F5D37

Darker −10%#53311D

Darker −20%#2D1B10

Darker −30%#070403

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8D4216

Less saturated −25%#654C3E

Channel breakdown

R121

G71

B42

Red121 (47.5%)

Green71 (27.8%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue22.03°

Saturation (HSL)48.47%

Lightness31.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 47 · B 2A

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