Recognised as Colour

#855A31

#855A31
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#855A31 is a orange with RGB values 133, 90, 49 and HSL 29°, 46%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

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HEX#855A31

RGBrgb(133, 90, 49)

RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.3529, 0.1922

RGB percentages52.2%, 35.3%, 19.2%

HSLhsl(29.3, 46.2%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(29.3, 63.2%, 52.2%)

CMYK0%, 32.3%, 63.2%, 47.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,739,377

CSS custom property--colour: #855A31;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12521WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness101.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.99:1

Contrast with white5.99:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#606060

Inverted#7AA5CE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#685D2Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#726732no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original

Tritanopia#915150no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.5:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 17 Saddle brown · ΔE 17.5 Peru · ΔE 27.6 Dark salmon · ΔE 31.7 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 32 Rosy brown · ΔE 32.4

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 17.04, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#315C85

Analogous#853132, #858431

Triadic#31855A, #5A3185

Split complementary#318584, #313285

Tetradic#328531, #315C85, #843185

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DEC0A4

Lighter +30%#D0A77F

Lighter +20%#C28D5A

Lighter +10%#AA733F

Darker −10%#604123

Darker −20%#3A2816

Darker −30%#150E08

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9C591A

Less saturated −25%#6E5B48

Channel breakdown

R133

G90

B49

Red133 (52.2%)

Green90 (35.3%)

Blue49 (19.2%)

Hue29.29°

Saturation (HSL)46.15%

Lightness35.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 85 · G 5A · B 31

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