Recognised as Colour

#9C4F2E

#9C4F2E
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#9C4F2E is a orange with RGB values 156, 79, 46 and HSL 18°, 54%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

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HEX#9C4F2E

RGBrgb(156, 79, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.3098, 0.1804

RGB percentages61.2%, 31%, 18%

HSLhsl(18, 54.5%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(18, 70.5%, 61.2%)

CMYK0%, 49.4%, 70.5%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,243,886

CSS custom property--colour: #9C4F2E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12857WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness105.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.88:1

Contrast with white5.88:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D

Inverted#63B0D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#645A2Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#776B2Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original

Tritanopia#AB4048no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 2.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 9.5 Brown · ΔE 21.2 Indian red · ΔE 22.1 Peru · ΔE 25.3 Maroon · ΔE 25.7

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 2.45, a close match

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2E7B9C

Analogous#9C2E44, #9C862E

Triadic#2E9C4F, #4F2E9C

Split complementary#2E9C86, #2E449C

Tetradic#449C2E, #2E7B9C, #862E9C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7C0AF

Lighter +30%#DCA187

Lighter +20%#D08260

Lighter +10%#C3633A

Darker −10%#753B22

Darker −20%#4D2717

Darker −30%#26130B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B54515

Less saturated −25%#835947

Channel breakdown

R156

G79

B46

Red156 (61.2%)

Green79 (31%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue18°

Saturation (HSL)54.46%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9C · G 4F · B 2E

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Colour harmonies

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