HEX Color #7C501D (Saddlebrown)

About #7C501D

The precise color #7C501D is an excellent choice for modern design projects. Its closest recognized web color is Saddlebrown. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 124, 80, and 29.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 35% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 32.2° hue, 62.1% saturation, and 30.0% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a dark color, it is generally recommended to use #FFFFFF text. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#7C501D

RGB124, 80, 29

HSL32.2°, 62.1%, 30.0%

CMYK0%, 35%, 77%, 51%

HSV32.2°, 76.6%, 48.6%

LAB38.0, 13.7, 36.2

XYZ11.4, 10.1, 2.5

Decimal8146973

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#7C501D #1C487C

Analogous

#7C201C #787C1C

Triadic

#1C7C50 #501C7C

Tetradic

#1C7C20 #1C487C #7C1C78

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#7C501D

#8A6336

#99764F

#A78A68

#B69D81

#C4B19A

#D3C4B3

#E1D8CC

#F0EBE5

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#7C501D

#6E4719

#603E16

#523513

#442C10

#37230C

#291A09

#1B1106

#0D0803

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

6.95:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA

3.02:1

Text on #000000

AA Large

6.64:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA

2.57:1

Text on #0F172A

FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #7C501D; }

.text-color { color: #7C501D; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #7C501D; }

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Saddlebrown

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