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Recognised as Colour

#7E3C09

  • #7E3C09
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#7E3C09 is a orange with RGB values 126, 60, 9 and HSL 26°, 87%, 26%. 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

#7E3C09#7E3C09
HEX#7E3C09
RGBrgb(126, 60, 9)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.2353, 0.0353
RGB percentages49.4%, 23.5%, 3.5%
HSLhsl(26.2, 86.7%, 26.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(26.2, 92.9%, 49.4%)
CMYK0%, 52.4%, 92.9%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,272,905
CSS custom property--colour: #7E3C09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07687WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness82.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.28:1
Contrast with white8.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#464646
Inverted#81C3F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#4F4500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#5F5407no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Tritanopia#8B2D33no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.28:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 4.27, a close match
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#094B7E
Analogous#7E0911, #7E7609
Triadic#097E3C, #3C097E
Split complementary#097E77, #09107E
Tetradic#107E09, #094B7E, #77097E

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#F4A05F
Lighter +30%#F08430
Lighter +20%#DD6910
Lighter +10%#AE530C
Darker −10%#4E2506
Darker −20%#1F0F02
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#873B00
Less saturated −25%#6D3E1A

Channel breakdown

R126
G60
B9
Red126 (49.4%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue9 (3.5%)
Hue26.15°
Saturation (HSL)86.67%
Lightness26.47%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 7E · G 3C · B 09

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