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Vitreous Naples

#7a4625
Notes

Vitreous Naples (#7A4625) is a deep orange with an earthy character. It leans grounded and natural, the kind of color that plays well with wood, clay, linen, and warm neutrals. Its HSL profile (23°, 53%, 31%) places it in the balanced band at a dark lightness. It works well as a headline, icon, or deep background in an otherwise light layout, pairing cleanly with cream, bone, and warm neutrals. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary azure. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#7a4625
RGB
rgb(122, 70, 37)
HSL
hsl(23, 53%, 31%)
HWB
hwb(23 15% 52%)
OKLCH
oklch(44.9% 0.085 51.4)
P3
color(display-p3 0.4504 0.2842 0.1703)
HSV
hsv(23, 70%, 48%)
LAB
lab(35.31% 19.15 28.98)
LCH
lch(35.31% 34.73 56.54)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 43%, 70%, 52%)

Etymology

Vitreous
adjective

Latin vitreus, glass-like — derived from vitrum (glass). As a color modifier, vitreous implies a clear-and-glassy quality where the hue carries the optical clarity of polished crown-glass. Sits at the crisp-and-clear end of the grid, parallel to pellucid and crystalline in usage.

Naples
noun

Naples yellow (lead-tin yellow) — a lead-tin oxide pigment used in European oil painting from the medieval period through the nineteenth century. The color refers to Naples-yellow pigment in a Vermeer painting: a saturated, slightly red yellow-orange with the matte finish of lead-and-tin-based pigment. Cooler than turmeric.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

Variations

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#7a4625
Original
#554c22
Protanopia
#615825
Deuteranopia
#853c3e
Tritanopia
#4f4f4f
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon White
7.69:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon Black
2.73:1

Wide gamut

Display P3 representation

The CSS Color 4 wide-gamut form of this color. Both swatches render the same color on every display — the P3 form only diverges from sRGB when a designer pushes channels outside sRGB's reach.

sRGB hex
sRGB hex
##7A4625
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.4504 0.2842 0.1703)
P3 has subtle headroomOKLCH chroma 0.085

Moderately saturated colors gain a small bump in P3 — the difference is usually visible side-by-side on wide-gamut hardware but won't change the character of the color.

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