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Recognised as Colour

#794B24

  • #794B24
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#794B24 is a orange with RGB values 121, 75, 36 and HSL 28°, 54%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#794B24#794B24
HEX#794B24
RGBrgb(121, 75, 36)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.2941, 0.1412
RGB percentages47.5%, 29.4%, 14.1%
HSLhsl(27.5, 54.1%, 30.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(27.5, 70.2%, 47.5%)
CMYK0%, 38%, 70.2%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,949,092
CSS custom property--colour: #794B24;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09224WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness88.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.38:1
Contrast with white7.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#525252
Inverted#86B4DB

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#594F20no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#645A24no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Tritanopia#844142no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.38:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 14.91, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#245279
Analogous#792428, #797524
Triadic#24794B, #4B2479
Split complementary#247975, #242879
Tetradic#287924, #245279, #752479

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#DDB18C
Lighter +30%#D19765
Lighter +20%#C57C3E
Lighter +10%#A06330
Darker −10%#523318
Darker −20%#2A1A0D
Darker −30%#030201
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8D4910
Less saturated −25%#654D38

Channel breakdown

R121
G75
B36
Red121 (47.5%)
Green75 (29.4%)
Blue36 (14.1%)
Hue27.53°
Saturation (HSL)54.14%
Lightness30.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 79 · G 4B · B 24

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