Recognised as Colour

#855E1B

#855E1B
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#855E1B is a orange with RGB values 133, 94, 27 and HSL 38°, 66%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#855E1B#855E1B

HEX#855E1B

RGBrgb(133, 94, 27)

RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.3686, 0.1059

RGB percentages52.2%, 36.9%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(37.9, 66.3%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(37.9, 79.7%, 52.2%)

CMYK0%, 29.3%, 79.7%, 47.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,740,379

CSS custom property--colour: #855E1B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13071WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness102.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.81:1

Contrast with white5.81:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#616161

Inverted#7AA1E4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6C6010no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#76691Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original

Tritanopia#915351no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.61:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 17.8 Sienna · ΔE 20.9 Peru · ΔE 23 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 26.2 Olive · ΔE 28.1 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 30.7

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 17.82, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1B4285

Analogous#85291B, #77851B

Triadic#1B855E, #5E1B85

Split complementary#1B7785, #291B85

Tetradic#1B8529, #1B4285, #851B77

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E6C386

Lighter +30%#DEAE5B

Lighter +20%#D59931

Lighter +10%#AF7C24

Darker −10%#5B4012

Darker −20%#30220A

Darker −30%#060401

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#996307

Less saturated −25%#71592F

Channel breakdown

R133

G94

B27

Red133 (52.2%)

Green94 (36.9%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue37.92°

Saturation (HSL)66.25%

Lightness31.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 85 · G 5E · B 1B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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