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Colour

#9B5A37

  • #9B5A37
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sienna

#9B5A37 is a orange with RGB values 155, 90, 55 and HSL 21°, 48%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#9B5A37#9B5A37
HEX#9B5A37
RGBrgb(155, 90, 55)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.3529, 0.2157
RGB percentages60.8%, 35.3%, 21.6%
HSLhsl(21, 47.6%, 41.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(21, 64.5%, 60.8%)
CMYK0%, 41.9%, 64.5%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,181,175
CSS custom property--colour: #9B5A37;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14557WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness110.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.37:1
Contrast with white5.37:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#656565
Inverted#64A5C8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6C6234no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#7B7036no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A94D52no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.37:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.91:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 7.4Saddle brown · ΔE 12.6Peru · ΔE 23.6Indian red · ΔE 24.8Dark salmon · ΔE 25.6Brown · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 7.43, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#37789B
Analogous#9B3746, #9B8C37
Triadic#379B5A, #5A379B
Split complementary#379B8C, #37469B
Tetradic#469B37, #37789B, #8C379B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6C8B8
Lighter +30%#D9AB93
Lighter +20%#CB8E6D
Lighter +10%#BE7147
Darker −10%#75442A
Darker −20%#502E1C
Darker −30%#2A180F
Darker −40%#040302
More saturated +25%#B5521D
Less saturated −25%#816251

Channel breakdown

R155
G90
B55
Red155 (60.8%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue55 (21.6%)
Hue21°
Saturation (HSL)47.62%
Lightness41.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 9B · G 5A · B 37

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