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Colour

#842B09

  • #842B09
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#842B09 is a orange with RGB values 132, 43, 9 and HSL 17°, 87%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#842B09#842B09
HEX#842B09
RGBrgb(132, 43, 9)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.1686, 0.0353
RGB percentages51.8%, 16.9%, 3.5%
HSLhsl(16.6, 87.2%, 27.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(16.6, 93.2%, 51.8%)
CMYK0%, 67.4%, 93.2%, 48.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,661,769
CSS custom property--colour: #842B09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06653WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.01:1
Contrast with white9.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B
Inverted#7BD4F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#453C03no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#5B5003no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Tritanopia#920F25no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.01:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 12.3Maroon · ΔE 12.6Dark red · ΔE 14.7Sienna · ΔE 15.2Brown · ΔE 16.9Firebrick · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 12.3, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#096284
Analogous#840925, #846809
Triadic#09842B, #2B0984
Split complementary#098469, #092484
Tetradic#248409, #096284, #680984

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F48C65
Lighter +30%#F16935
Lighter +20%#E34A10
Lighter +10%#B43B0C
Darker −10%#541B06
Darker −20%#250C02
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8D2700
Less saturated −25%#72331B

Channel breakdown

R132
G43
B9
Red132 (51.8%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue9 (3.5%)
Hue16.59°
Saturation (HSL)87.23%
Lightness27.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 84 · G 2B · B 09

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