Recognised as Colour

#79715F

#79715F
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Dim grey

#79715F is a orange with RGB values 121, 113, 95 and HSL 42°, 12%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#79715F#79715F

HEX#79715F

RGBrgb(121, 113, 95)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4431, 0.3725

RGB percentages47.5%, 44.3%, 37.3%

HSLhsl(41.5, 12%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(41.5, 21.5%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 6.6%, 21.5%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,958,879

CSS custom property--colour: #79715F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16701WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.84:1

Contrast with white4.84:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#717171

Inverted#868EA0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#75705Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#787360no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#7E6E6Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 11.7 Gray · ΔE 12.5 Slate grey · ΔE 22.3 Rosy brown · ΔE 23.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 23.7 Dark grey · ΔE 24.1

Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 11.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5F6779

Analogous#79645F, #74795F

Triadic#5F7971, #715F79

Split complementary#5F7479, #645F79

Tetradic#5F7964, #5F6779, #795F74

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D7D4CD

Lighter +30%#C1BCB0

Lighter +20%#ABA393

Lighter +10%#948B77

Darker −10%#5C5649

Darker −20%#403C32

Darker −30%#23211C

Darker −40%#070605

More saturated +25%#947B44

Less saturated −25%#6C6C6C

Channel breakdown

R121

G113

B95

Red121 (47.5%)

Green113 (44.3%)

Blue95 (37.3%)

Hue41.54°

Saturation (HSL)12.04%

Lightness42.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 71 · B 5F

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