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Recognised as Colour

#7C3C17

  • #7C3C17
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#7C3C17 is a orange with RGB values 124, 60, 23 and HSL 22°, 69%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#7C3C17#7C3C17
HEX#7C3C17
RGBrgb(124, 60, 23)
RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.2353, 0.0902
RGB percentages48.6%, 23.5%, 9%
HSLhsl(22, 68.7%, 28.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(22, 81.5%, 48.6%)
CMYK0%, 51.6%, 81.5%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,141,847
CSS custom property--colour: #7C3C17;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07579WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness82.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.35:1
Contrast with white8.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#474747
Inverted#83C3E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#4E4512no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#5E5316no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Tritanopia#882E34no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.35:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 8.15, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#17577C
Analogous#7C1724, #7C6E17
Triadic#177C3C, #3C177C
Split complementary#177C6E, #17257C
Tetradic#257C17, #17577C, #6E177C

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#E6A179
Lighter +30%#DE834E
Lighter +20%#D26627
Lighter +10%#A7511F
Darker −10%#51270F
Darker −20%#261207
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8E3705
Less saturated −25%#6A4129

Channel breakdown

R124
G60
B23
Red124 (48.6%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue23 (9%)
Hue21.98°
Saturation (HSL)68.71%
Lightness28.82%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 7C · G 3C · B 17

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