Recognised as Colour

#C46A30

#C46A30
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#C46A30 is a orange with RGB values 196, 106, 48 and HSL 24°, 61%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#C46A30#C46A30

HEX#C46A30

RGBrgb(196, 106, 48)

RGB (0–1)0.7686, 0.4157, 0.1882

RGB percentages76.9%, 41.6%, 18.8%

HSLhsl(23.5, 60.7%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(23.5, 75.5%, 76.9%)

CMYK0%, 45.9%, 75.5%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,872,240

CSS custom property--colour: #C46A30;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22257WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness135.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.45:1

Contrast with white3.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.45:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#797979

Inverted#3B95CF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#847529no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#998A2Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original

Tritanopia#D7575Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.85:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 11.5 Peru · ΔE 12.6 Sienna · ΔE 15.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 18.5 Coral · ΔE 19 Sandy brown · ΔE 21.4

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 11.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#308AC4

Analogous#C43040, #C4B430

Triadic#30C46A, #6A30C4

Split complementary#30C4B4, #3040C4

Tetradic#40C430, #308AC4, #B430C4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3DCCD

Lighter +30%#E9BFA4

Lighter +20%#DFA27B

Lighter +10%#D58552

Darker −10%#9B5426

Darker −20%#723E1C

Darker −30%#492812

Darker −40%#201108

More saturated +25%#E36311

Less saturated −25%#A6714F

Channel breakdown

R196

G106

B48

Red196 (76.9%)

Green106 (41.6%)

Blue48 (18.8%)

Hue23.51°

Saturation (HSL)60.66%

Lightness47.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C4 · G 6A · B 30

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