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Recognised as Colour

#855A11

  • #855A11
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#855A11 is a orange with RGB values 133, 90, 17 and HSL 38°, 77%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#855A11#855A11
HEX#855A11
RGBrgb(133, 90, 17)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.3529, 0.0667
RGB percentages52.2%, 35.3%, 6.7%
HSLhsl(37.8, 77.3%, 29.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(37.8, 87.2%, 52.2%)
CMYK0%, 32.3%, 87.2%, 47.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,739,345
CSS custom property--colour: #855A11;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12339WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness100.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.06:1
Contrast with white6.06:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#7AA5EE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#695C00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#736714no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Tritanopia#924F4Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.06:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.47:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 16.1Sienna · ΔE 20.3Peru · ΔE 22.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.9Olive · ΔE 28.9Chocolate · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 16.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#113C85
Analogous#852011, #768511
Triadic#11855A, #5A1185
Split complementary#117685, #201185
Tetradic#118520, #113C85, #851176

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDC175
Lighter +30%#E8AC47
Lighter +20%#DF971D
Lighter +10%#B27917
Darker −10%#583B0B
Darker −20%#2B1D05
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#965E00
Less saturated −25%#725524

Channel breakdown

R133
G90
B17
Red133 (52.2%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue17 (6.7%)
Hue37.76°
Saturation (HSL)77.33%
Lightness29.41%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 85 · G 5A · B 11

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