Colour

#9E7742

#9E7742
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Peru

#9E7742 is a orange with RGB values 158, 119, 66 and HSL 35°, 41%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#9E7742#9E7742

HEX#9E7742

RGBrgb(158, 119, 66)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.4667, 0.2588

RGB percentages62%, 46.7%, 25.9%

HSLhsl(34.6, 41.1%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(34.6, 58.2%, 62%)

CMYK0%, 24.7%, 58.2%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,385,218

CSS custom property--colour: #9E7742;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20856WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.17:1

Contrast with white4.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.17:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B

Inverted#6188BD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#85793Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E8243no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Tritanopia#AB6D6Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 20.2 Sienna · ΔE 22.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 24.1 Burlywood · ΔE 24.8 Tan · ΔE 24.8 Dark salmon · ΔE 26.6

Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 20.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#42699E

Analogous#9E4942, #979E42

Triadic#429E77, #77429E

Split complementary#42979E, #49429E

Tetradic#429E49, #42699E, #9E4297

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7D9C5

Lighter +30%#D8C1A1

Lighter +20%#C9A97D

Lighter +10%#BA9159

Darker −10%#7A5C33

Darker −20%#564124

Darker −30%#322615

Darker −40%#0E0B06

More saturated +25%#BA7B26

Less saturated −25%#82735E

Channel breakdown

R158

G119

B66

Red158 (62%)

Green119 (46.7%)

Blue66 (25.9%)

Hue34.57°

Saturation (HSL)41.07%

Lightness43.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9E · G 77 · B 42

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