Colour

#A1591E

#A1591E
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#A1591E is a orange with RGB values 161, 89, 30 and HSL 27°, 69%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#A1591E

RGBrgb(161, 89, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.349, 0.1176

RGB percentages63.1%, 34.9%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(27, 68.6%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(27, 81.4%, 63.1%)

CMYK0%, 44.7%, 81.4%, 36.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,574,110

CSS custom property--colour: #A1591E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14816WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.3:1

Contrast with white5.3:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#646464

Inverted#5EA6E1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6E6115no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#7F721Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original

Tritanopia#B1494Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.96:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 8.8 Sienna · ΔE 10.1 Peru · ΔE 17.1 Chocolate · ΔE 20 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.4 Sandy brown · ΔE 28.7

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 8.82, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1E66A1

Analogous#A11E25, #A19B1E

Triadic#1EA159, #591EA1

Split complementary#1EA19B, #1E24A1

Tetradic#24A11E, #1E66A1, #9B1EA1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDC29E

Lighter +30%#E5A673

Lighter +20%#DD8B48

Lighter +10%#CC7126

Darker −10%#764116

Darker −20%#4B290E

Darker −30%#201206

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B95706

Less saturated −25%#895B36

Channel breakdown

R161

G89

B30

Red161 (63.1%)

Green89 (34.9%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue27.02°

Saturation (HSL)68.59%

Lightness37.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A1 · G 59 · B 1E

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