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Recognised as Colour

#9F3B00

  • #9F3B00
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#9F3B00 is a orange with RGB values 159, 59, 0 and HSL 22°, 100%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#9F3B00#9F3B00
HEX#9F3B00
RGBrgb(159, 59, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.2314, 0
RGB percentages62.4%, 23.1%, 0%
HSLhsl(22.3, 100%, 31.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(22.3, 100%, 62.4%)
CMYK0%, 62.9%, 100%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,435,328
CSS custom property--colour: #9F3B00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10499WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness98 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.77:1
Contrast with white6.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C
Inverted#60C4FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#594D00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#716400no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44 from the original
Tritanopia#B01F32no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.1:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 15.8Dark red · ΔE 18Sienna · ΔE 18.2Chocolate · ΔE 18.7Maroon · ΔE 19.8Firebrick · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 15.81, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#00649F
Analogous#9F0015, #9F8A00
Triadic#009F3B, #3B009F
Split complementary#009F8A, #00159F
Tetradic#159F00, #00649F, #8A009F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFA36C
Lighter +30%#FF8239
Lighter +20%#FF6206
Lighter +10%#D24E00
Darker −10%#6C2800
Darker −20%#391500
Darker −30%#060200
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#9F3B00
Less saturated −25%#8B4014

Channel breakdown

R159
G59
B0
Red159 (62.4%)
Green59 (23.1%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue22.26°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness31.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 9F · G 3B · B 00

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