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Recognised as Colour

#972D00

  • #972D00
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark red

#972D00 is a orange with RGB values 151, 45, 0 and HSL 18°, 100%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark red.

Colour values

#972D00#972D00
HEX#972D00
RGBrgb(151, 45, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.1765, 0
RGB percentages59.2%, 17.6%, 0%
HSLhsl(17.9, 100%, 29.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(17.9, 100%, 59.2%)
CMYK0%, 70.2%, 100%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,907,456
CSS custom property--colour: #972D00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08456WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.8:1
Contrast with white7.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#404040
Inverted#68D2FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4D4300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#675B00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47 from the original
Tritanopia#A70126no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark red · ΔE 12.3Maroon · ΔE 14.1Firebrick · ΔE 16.8Saddle brown · ΔE 17.6Brown · ΔE 18.2Sienna · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark red (#8B0000)ΔE 12.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#006A97
Analogous#97001E, #977900
Triadic#00972D, #2D0097
Split complementary#009779, #001E97
Tetradic#1F9700, #006A97, #790097

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FF9264
Lighter +30%#FF6E31
Lighter +20%#FD4B00
Lighter +10%#CA3C00
Darker −10%#641E00
Darker −20%#310F00
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#972D00
Less saturated −25%#843513

Channel breakdown

R151
G45
B0
Red151 (59.2%)
Green45 (17.6%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue17.88°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness29.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 97 · G 2D · B 00

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