Recognised as Colour

#A17D29

#A17D29
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#A17D29 is a orange with RGB values 161, 125, 41 and HSL 42°, 59%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#A17D29

RGBrgb(161, 125, 41)

RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.4902, 0.1608

RGB percentages63.1%, 49%, 16.1%

HSLhsl(42, 59.4%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(42, 74.5%, 63.1%)

CMYK0%, 22.4%, 74.5%, 36.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,583,337

CSS custom property--colour: #A17D29;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22404WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness130.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.48:1

Contrast with white3.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.48:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F

Inverted#5E82D6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8D7D1Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#95862Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original

Tritanopia#AF716Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.83:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.5 Peru · ΔE 17.7 Olive · ΔE 20.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.1 Sandy brown · ΔE 26.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 15.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#294DA1

Analogous#A14129, #89A129

Triadic#29A17D, #7D29A1

Split complementary#2989A1, #4129A1

Tetradic#29A141, #294DA1, #A12989

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAD7AC

Lighter +30%#E0C483

Lighter +20%#D5B05B

Lighter +10%#CA9D33

Darker −10%#785D1F

Darker −20%#503E14

Darker −30%#271E0A

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BA8710

Less saturated −25%#887342

Channel breakdown

R161

G125

B41

Red161 (63.1%)

Green125 (49%)

Blue41 (16.1%)

Hue42°

Saturation (HSL)59.41%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A1 · G 7D · B 29

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