Recognised as Colour

#9D551D

#9D551D
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#9D551D is a orange with RGB values 157, 85, 29 and HSL 26°, 69%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#9D551D

RGBrgb(157, 85, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.3333, 0.1137

RGB percentages61.6%, 33.3%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(26.3, 68.8%, 36.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(26.3, 81.5%, 61.6%)

CMYK0%, 45.9%, 81.5%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,310,941

CSS custom property--colour: #9D551D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13754WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness108.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.6:1

Contrast with white5.6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#606060

Inverted#62AAE2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6A5E15no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#7B6E1Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original

Tritanopia#AC454Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.75:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 6.9 Sienna · ΔE 8.7 Peru · ΔE 18.9 Chocolate · ΔE 21.2 Brown · ΔE 28 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 6.93, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1D659D

Analogous#9D1D25, #9D951D

Triadic#1D9D55, #551D9D

Split complementary#1D9D95, #1D259D

Tetradic#259D1D, #1D659D, #951D9D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECBE9A

Lighter +30%#E4A26F

Lighter +20%#DC8644

Lighter +10%#C86C25

Darker −10%#723E15

Darker −20%#47260D

Darker −30%#1C0F05

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B45206

Less saturated −25%#865834

Channel breakdown

R157

G85

B29

Red157 (61.6%)

Green85 (33.3%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue26.25°

Saturation (HSL)68.82%

Lightness36.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9D · G 55 · B 1D

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