Colour

#974B28

#974B28
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#974B28 is a orange with RGB values 151, 75, 40 and HSL 19°, 58%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

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HEX#974B28

RGBrgb(151, 75, 40)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.2941, 0.1569

RGB percentages59.2%, 29.4%, 15.7%

HSLhsl(18.9, 58.1%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(18.9, 73.5%, 59.2%)

CMYK0%, 50.3%, 73.5%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,915,176

CSS custom property--colour: #974B28;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11765WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness101.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.26:1

Contrast with white6.26:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#595959

Inverted#68B4D7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#605624no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#726727no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original

Tritanopia#A63B43no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 3.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 7.6 Brown · ΔE 21.3 Indian red · ΔE 23.7 Maroon · ΔE 24.6 Peru · ΔE 25.9

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 3.11, a close match

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#287497

Analogous#97283D, #978328

Triadic#28974B, #4B2897

Split complementary#289783, #283C97

Tetradic#3D9728, #287497, #832897

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7B9A4

Lighter +30%#DC9A7C

Lighter +20%#D27B53

Lighter +10%#BF5F33

Darker −10%#6F371D

Darker −20%#462313

Darker −30%#1E0F08

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AF4210

Less saturated −25%#7F5440

Channel breakdown

R151

G75

B40

Red151 (59.2%)

Green75 (29.4%)

Blue40 (15.7%)

Hue18.92°

Saturation (HSL)58.12%

Lightness37.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 97 · G 4B · B 28

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