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Recognised as Colour

#956D15

  • #956D15
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#956D15 is a orange with RGB values 149, 109, 21 and HSL 41°, 75%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#956D15#956D15
HEX#956D15
RGBrgb(149, 109, 21)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.4275, 0.0824
RGB percentages58.4%, 42.7%, 8.2%
HSLhsl(41.3, 75.3%, 33.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(41.3, 85.9%, 58.4%)
CMYK0%, 26.8%, 85.9%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,792,789
CSS custom property--colour: #956D15;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17381WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.69:1
Contrast with white4.69:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F
Inverted#6A92EA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7D6E00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#86781Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A3615Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.69:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.3Peru · ΔE 18.8Olive · ΔE 22.1Saddle brown · ΔE 23.5Sienna · ΔE 26.4Goldenrod · ΔE 28.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 16.25, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#153D95
Analogous#952D15, #7D9515
Triadic#15956D, #6D1595
Split complementary#157D95, #2D1595
Tetradic#15952D, #153D95, #95157D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EECE88
Lighter +30%#E8BC5B
Lighter +20%#E2AA2E
Lighter +10%#C28E1B
Darker −10%#684C0F
Darker −20%#3C2C08
Darker −30%#0F0B02
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#AA7500
Less saturated −25%#80652A

Channel breakdown

R149
G109
B21
Red149 (58.4%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue21 (8.2%)
Hue41.25°
Saturation (HSL)75.29%
Lightness33.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 95 · G 6D · B 15

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