Russet Color Codes
Russet is a dark, saturated orange with the hex code #80461B, RGB values of 128, 70, 27 and an HSL value of hsl(26, 65%, 30%).
| HEX | #80461B |
|---|---|
| RGB | 128, 70, 27 |
| HSL | hsl(26, 65%, 30%) |
| HSV | 26°, 79%, 50% |
| CMYK | 0%, 45%, 79%, 50% |
| LAB | 36.08, 21.31, 35.41 |
| CIELCHuv | 36.08, 53.65, 32.77° |
- Nearest Pantone
- PMS 731 C ΔE 5.8 · approximate
- Nearest CSS name
-
saddlebrownΔE 7.7
Source Wikipedia, List of colors
Russet Color Hex Code
The Russet color hex code is #80461B. Those six digits are three pairs, 80 for red, 46 for green and 1B for blue, which is the same triplet a browser reads from the CSS value below.
#80461B
Russet Color RGB Code
The Russet RGB code is rgb(128, 70, 27). Red carries the most light at 128 of 255, which is what puts this color where it sits on the wheel.
rgb(128, 70, 27)
Russet Color HSV Code
The Russet HSV code is 26°, 79%, 50%. Read it as a hue of 26 degrees, 79% saturation and 50% value, which is the form most color pickers use because moving one number changes one thing.
26°, 79%, 50%
Russet Color CIELChuv Code
The Russet CIELCHuv code is 36.08, 53.65, 32.77°. Unlike hex or RGB this one is perceptual: lightness 36 means mid-toned to the eye rather than to the screen, and chroma 54 is how far it sits from grey.
36.08, 53.65, 32.77°
Tonal scale
What are Russet Color Palettes?
A shade mixes toward black, a tint toward white, a tone toward grey. Every step keeps the hue and is copy-ready.
Shades, toward black
Tints, toward white
Tones, toward grey
Palettes
What are Russet Color Palette Codes?
Each of these is a hue rotation from #80461B. They are generated, not curated, so they are exact.
Complementary
Directly opposite sits #1B5580, a dark, saturated azure blue. No other pairing separates two hues further, so this is the one to reach for when a single element has to win attention. Neither is especially saturated, so this pairing stays calm enough for large areas of both.
Analogous
#801B22 and #80791B sit 30 degrees either side. All three share most of their hue, so the set reads as one family instead of three separate decisions. Good for backgrounds and for state variations that should not announce themselves.
Triadic
#1B8046 and #461B80 complete an even 120 degree split. Three fully independent hues, so one has to lead: keep this base dominant and let the other two appear in small quantities.
Split-complementary
Instead of the direct complement, this takes the two hues either side of it: #1B8079 and #1B2280. Almost the same contrast, without the edge shimmer a true complementary pair produces at high saturation.
Tetradic
Two complementary pairs forming a rectangle: this base with #1B5580, and #22801B with #791B80. The richest of the five and the hardest to balance, so treat this base as the lead and hold the other three well back.
Accessibility
Contrast checker: is Russet accessible?
Measured against white and against black, with a separate verdict for each element type. Small text, large text and UI components have different thresholds, so one pass or fail for the whole color would be wrong roughly a third of the time.
White background
7.47:17.47
contrast ratio on white background
| Element | AA | AAA |
|---|---|---|
| Small text needs 4.5:1 / 7:1 | Passes | Passes |
| Large text needs 3:1 / 4.5:1 | Passes | Passes |
| UI component needs 3:1 | Passes | n/a |
Black background
2.81:12.81
contrast ratio on black background
| Element | AA | AAA |
|---|---|---|
| Small text needs 4.5:1 / 7:1 | Fails | Fails |
| Large text needs 3:1 / 4.5:1 | Fails | Fails |
| UI component needs 3:1 | Fails | n/a |
Russet clears WCAG AA against white at 7.47:1, so it is safe for body copy as well as headings. Text placed on it should be white, which gives 7.47:1.
Color vision
How Russet looks with color blindness
Around 300 million people see color differently from the way it is specified. Each card shows the actual color beside how it appears, and how common that form of vision is.
Protanopia
About 1% of men#6C6B2A
Russet changes substantially here. ΔE 31.3
No working red cones. Reds darken sharply and drift toward the same muddy olive as green.
Deuteranopia
About 1% of men#6F722D
Russet changes substantially here. ΔE 34.2
No working green cones. With the milder deuteranomaly at nearer 6% of men, this is by far the most common form, and the one worth designing around.
Tritanopia
About 1 in 10,000#7E3334
Russet shifts noticeably here. ΔE 23.0
No working blue cones. Blues shift toward green and yellows toward pink. Rare, and unlike the others it is not sex-linked, so it affects men and women equally.
Achromatopsia
About 1 in 30,000#555555
Russet changes substantially here. ΔE 41.3
No color vision at all. Also a fair proxy for how the color survives a greyscale print or a failing screen.
To a deuteranope, the most common form, Russet reads as #6F722D. That is a shift of ΔE 34.2, so it is a different color to roughly one man in sixteen. It sits in the red end of the spectrum, which is exactly where red-green deficiency does its damage. Never pair it with a green of similar lightness to signal a difference in meaning: to a large minority the two become one color. The widest shift is under deuteranopia, at ΔE 34.2. The rule this leads to needs no simulator: never let color be the only thing carrying a message. Add a label, an icon, or a clear difference in lightness, and the problem disappears for everyone.
Snippets
Using Russet in code
:root {
--russet: #80461B;
}
.example {
color: var(--russet);
}// tailwind.config.js
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'russet': '#80461B',
},
},
}// SwiftUI takes 0–1 components, not 0–255.
let russet = Color(
red: 0.502,
green: 0.275,
blue: 0.106
)<!-- res/values/colors.xml -->
<color name="russet">#80461B</color>// Flutter wants ARGB: FF for full opacity, then the hex.
const russet = Color(0xFF80461B);