Recognised as Colour

#7F501B

#7F501B
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#7F501B is a orange with RGB values 127, 80, 27 and HSL 32°, 65%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#7F501B

RGBrgb(127, 80, 27)

RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.3137, 0.1059

RGB percentages49.8%, 31.4%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(31.8, 64.9%, 30.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(31.8, 78.7%, 49.8%)

CMYK0%, 37%, 78.7%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,343,579

CSS custom property--colour: #7F501B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10328WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness93.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.85:1

Contrast with white6.85:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#565656

Inverted#80AFE4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5F5414no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#6A5F1Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original

Tritanopia#8B4545no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 12 Sienna · ΔE 15.5 Peru · ΔE 26.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.9 Chocolate · ΔE 34 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 34.7

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 11.97, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1B4A7F

Analogous#7F1E1B, #7C7F1B

Triadic#1B7F50, #501B7F

Split complementary#1B7C7F, #1E1B7F

Tetradic#1B7F1E, #1B4A7F, #7F1B7C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E4B682

Lighter +30%#DB9D58

Lighter +20%#D2852E

Lighter +10%#A96A24

Darker −10%#553612

Darker −20%#2B1B09

Darker −30%#010100

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#925108

Less saturated −25%#6C4F2E

Channel breakdown

R127

G80

B27

Red127 (49.8%)

Green80 (31.4%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue31.8°

Saturation (HSL)64.94%

Lightness30.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7F · G 50 · B 1B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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