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Recognised as Colour

#81520E

  • #81520E
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#81520E is a orange with RGB values 129, 82, 14 and HSL 35°, 80%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#81520E#81520E
HEX#81520E
RGBrgb(129, 82, 14)
RGB (0–1)0.5059, 0.3216, 0.0549
RGB percentages50.6%, 32.2%, 5.5%
HSLhsl(35.5, 80.4%, 28%)
HSV / HSBhsv(35.5, 89.1%, 50.6%)
CMYK0%, 36.4%, 89.1%, 49.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,475,150
CSS custom property--colour: #81520E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10733WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.67:1
Contrast with white6.67:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#575757
Inverted#7EADF1

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#625500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#6D6110no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8D4646no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.67:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 12.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#0E3D81
Analogous#81190E, #76810E
Triadic#0E8152, #520E81
Split complementary#0E7681, #190E81
Tetradic#0E8119, #0E3D81, #810E76

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#EFB96C
Lighter +30%#EAA43E
Lighter +20%#DD8C18
Lighter +10%#AF6F13
Darker −10%#533509
Darker −20%#251804
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8F5500
Less saturated −25%#6F4F20

Channel breakdown

R129
G82
B14
Red129 (50.6%)
Green82 (32.2%)
Blue14 (5.5%)
Hue35.48°
Saturation (HSL)80.42%
Lightness28.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 81 · G 52 · B 0E

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