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Recognised as Colour

#9C5D45

  • #9C5D45
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sienna

#9C5D45 is a orange with RGB values 156, 93, 69 and HSL 17°, 39%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#9C5D45#9C5D45
HEX#9C5D45
RGBrgb(156, 93, 69)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.3647, 0.2706
RGB percentages61.2%, 36.5%, 27.1%
HSLhsl(16.6, 38.7%, 44.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(16.6, 55.8%, 61.2%)
CMYK0%, 40.4%, 55.8%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,247,493
CSS custom property--colour: #9C5D45;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15326WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.17:1
Contrast with white5.17:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#696969
Inverted#63A2BA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6D6543no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#7C7244no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A95257no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.17:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 12.8Saddle brown · ΔE 18.7Indian red · ΔE 23Dark salmon · ΔE 24.5Rosy brown · ΔE 25.9Peru · ΔE 28.1
Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 12.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#45849C
Analogous#9C4558, #9C8945
Triadic#459C5D, #5D459C
Split complementary#459C89, #45589C
Tetradic#589C45, #45849C, #89459C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6CFC7
Lighter +30%#D7B2A3
Lighter +20%#C79480
Lighter +10%#B7765D
Darker −10%#794835
Darker −20%#553326
Darker −30%#321E16
Darker −40%#0F0906
More saturated +25%#B85029
Less saturated −25%#806A61

Channel breakdown

R156
G93
B69
Red156 (61.2%)
Green93 (36.5%)
Blue69 (27.1%)
Hue16.55°
Saturation (HSL)38.67%
Lightness44.12%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 9C · G 5D · B 45

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