Colour

#7E2C00

#7E2C00
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#7E2C00 is a orange with RGB values 126, 44, 0 and HSL 21°, 100%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#7E2C00#7E2C00

HEX#7E2C00

RGBrgb(126, 44, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.1725, 0

RGB percentages49.4%, 17.3%, 0%

HSLhsl(21, 100%, 24.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(21, 100%, 49.4%)

CMYK0%, 65.1%, 100%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,268,800

CSS custom property--colour: #7E2C00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06237WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness76.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.34:1

Contrast with white9.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A

Inverted#81D3FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#443B00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#584E00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original

Tritanopia#8B1425no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 10.5 Maroon · ΔE 15.4 Sienna · ΔE 15.7 Dark red · ΔE 17.3 Brown · ΔE 20.8 Firebrick · ΔE 24.3

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 10.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00527E

Analogous#7E0013, #7E6B00

Triadic#007E2C, #2C007E

Split complementary#007E6B, #00137E

Tetradic#137E00, #00527E, #6B007E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF8A4B

Lighter +30%#FF6918

Lighter +20%#E45000

Lighter +10%#B13E00

Darker −10%#4B1A00

Darker −20%#180800

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7E2C00

Less saturated −25%#6E3110

Channel breakdown

R126

G44

Red126 (49.4%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue20.95°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness24.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7E · G 2C · B 00

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Colour values

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