Recognised as Colour

#9E793E

#9E793E
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Peru

#9E793E is a orange with RGB values 158, 121, 62 and HSL 37°, 44%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

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HEX#9E793E

RGBrgb(158, 121, 62)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.4745, 0.2431

RGB percentages62%, 47.5%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(36.9, 43.6%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(36.9, 60.8%, 62%)

CMYK0%, 23.4%, 60.8%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,385,726

CSS custom property--colour: #9E793E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21292WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness128.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.26:1

Contrast with white3.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.26:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D

Inverted#6186C1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#877A38no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#908340no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original

Tritanopia#AB6F6Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.99:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 19.4 Sienna · ΔE 23.8 Burlywood · ΔE 24.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 24.9 Tan · ΔE 25.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 19.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3E639E

Analogous#9E493E, #939E3E

Triadic#3E9E79, #793E9E

Split complementary#3E939E, #493E9E

Tetradic#3E9E49, #3E639E, #9E3E93

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7D8C1

Lighter +30%#D8C19D

Lighter +20%#CAAA78

Lighter +10%#BC9353

Darker −10%#795D30

Darker −20%#554121

Darker −30%#302513

Darker −40%#0B0905

More saturated +25%#BA7F23

Less saturated −25%#83735A

Channel breakdown

R158

G121

B62

Red158 (62%)

Green121 (47.5%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue36.87°

Saturation (HSL)43.64%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9E · G 79 · B 3E

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