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Recognised as Colour

#7C4B21

  • #7C4B21
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#7C4B21 is a orange with RGB values 124, 75, 33 and HSL 28°, 58%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#7C4B21#7C4B21
HEX#7C4B21
RGBrgb(124, 75, 33)
RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.2941, 0.1294
RGB percentages48.6%, 29.4%, 12.9%
HSLhsl(27.7, 58%, 30.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(27.7, 73.4%, 48.6%)
CMYK0%, 39.5%, 73.4%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,145,697
CSS custom property--colour: #7C4B21;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09427WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.28:1
Contrast with white7.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#525252
Inverted#83B4DE

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#5A501Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Deuteranopia#655B21no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Tritanopia#884042no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.28:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 12.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#21527C
Analogous#7C2125, #7C7821
Triadic#217C4B, #4B217C
Split complementary#217C79, #21247C
Tetradic#257C21, #21527C, #78217C

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#E0B189
Lighter +30%#D59761
Lighter +20%#CA7C39
Lighter +10%#A4632C
Darker −10%#543316
Darker −20%#2B1A0C
Darker −30%#030201
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#90490D
Less saturated −25%#684D35

Channel breakdown

R124
G75
B33
Red124 (48.6%)
Green75 (29.4%)
Blue33 (12.9%)
Hue27.69°
Saturation (HSL)57.96%
Lightness30.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 7C · G 4B · B 21

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