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Recognised as Colour

#996F18

  • #996F18
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#996F18 is a orange with RGB values 153, 111, 24 and HSL 40°, 73%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#996F18#996F18
HEX#996F18
RGBrgb(153, 111, 24)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.4353, 0.0941
RGB percentages60%, 43.5%, 9.4%
HSLhsl(40.5, 72.9%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(40.5, 84.3%, 60%)
CMYK0%, 27.5%, 84.3%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,055,448
CSS custom property--colour: #996F18;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18207WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.64:1
Contrast with white4.52:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.64:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#727272
Inverted#6690E7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7F7002no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#897B1Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A7635Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.52:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.5Peru · ΔE 17.5Olive · ΔE 22.8Saddle brown · ΔE 23.4Sienna · ΔE 26Goldenrod · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 15.49, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#184299
Analogous#992F18, #839918
Triadic#18996F, #6F1899
Split complementary#188299, #2F1899
Tetradic#18992F, #184299, #991882

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EECF8F
Lighter +30%#E7BC63
Lighter +20%#E0A937
Lighter +10%#C58F1F
Darker −10%#6D4F11
Darker −20%#412F0A
Darker −30%#150F03
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#AF7702
Less saturated −25%#83672E

Channel breakdown

R153
G111
B24
Red153 (60%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue24 (9.4%)
Hue40.47°
Saturation (HSL)72.88%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 99 · G 6F · B 18

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