Colour

#A17121

#A17121
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Peru

#A17121 is a orange with RGB values 161, 113, 33 and HSL 38°, 66%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#A17121#A17121

HEX#A17121

RGBrgb(161, 113, 33)

RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.4431, 0.1294

RGB percentages63.1%, 44.3%, 12.9%

HSLhsl(37.5, 66%, 38%)

HSV / HSBhsv(37.5, 79.5%, 63.1%)

CMYK0%, 29.8%, 79.5%, 36.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,580,257

CSS custom property--colour: #A17121;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19497WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.9:1

Contrast with white4.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.9:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#757575

Inverted#5E8EDE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#827313no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E7F24no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B06461no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.29:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 14.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16 Saddle brown · ΔE 21.7 Sienna · ΔE 23.3 Sandy brown · ΔE 25.4 Olive · ΔE 25.9

Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 14.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2151A1

Analogous#A13121, #91A121

Triadic#21A171, #7121A1

Split complementary#2191A1, #3121A1

Tetradic#21A131, #2151A1, #A12191

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECD0A2

Lighter +30%#E3BB78

Lighter +20%#DBA64D

Lighter +10%#CB8F2A

Darker −10%#775318

Darker −20%#4C3610

Darker −30%#221807

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B97709

Less saturated −25%#896B39

Channel breakdown

R161

G113

B33

Red161 (63.1%)

Green113 (44.3%)

Blue33 (12.9%)

Hue37.5°

Saturation (HSL)65.98%

Lightness38.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A1 · G 71 · B 21

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