Recognised as Colour

#956F33

#956F33
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Peru

#956F33 is a orange with RGB values 149, 111, 51 and HSL 37°, 49%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#956F33#956F33

HEX#956F33

RGBrgb(149, 111, 51)

RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.4353, 0.2

RGB percentages58.4%, 43.5%, 20%

HSLhsl(36.7, 49%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(36.7, 65.8%, 58.4%)

CMYK0%, 25.5%, 65.8%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,793,331

CSS custom property--colour: #956F33;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17997WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness119 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.6:1

Contrast with white4.57:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#737373

Inverted#6A90CC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7D702Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#867935no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original

Tritanopia#A26562no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 20.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 21.8 Sienna · ΔE 21.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 26.2 Olive · ΔE 28.1 Burlywood · ΔE 28.8

Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 20.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#335995

Analogous#953E33, #8A9533

Triadic#33956F, #6F3395

Split complementary#338A95, #3E3395

Tetradic#33953E, #335995, #95338A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E4D0B0

Lighter +30%#D7B98A

Lighter +20%#CAA264

Lighter +10%#BB8B40

Darker −10%#6F5326

Darker −20%#493619

Darker −30%#231A0C

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AE751A

Less saturated −25%#7C694C

Channel breakdown

R149

G111

B51

Red149 (58.4%)

Green111 (43.5%)

Blue51 (20%)

Hue36.73°

Saturation (HSL)49%

Lightness39.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 95 · G 6F · B 33

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