Colour

#A2701E

#A2701E
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Peru

#A2701E is a orange with RGB values 162, 112, 30 and HSL 37°, 69%, 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

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HEX#A2701E

RGBrgb(162, 112, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.4392, 0.1176

RGB percentages63.5%, 43.9%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(37.3, 68.7%, 37.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(37.3, 81.5%, 63.5%)

CMYK0%, 30.9%, 81.5%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,645,534

CSS custom property--colour: #A2701E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19363WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness123.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.87:1

Contrast with white4.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.87:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#757575

Inverted#5D8FE1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#82730Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E7F21no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original

Tritanopia#B16360no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 13.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 21.4 Sienna · ΔE 23.2 Sandy brown · ΔE 25.3 Chocolate · ΔE 25.8

Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 13.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1E50A2

Analogous#A22E1E, #92A21E

Triadic#1EA270, #701EA2

Split complementary#1E92A2, #2E1EA2

Tetradic#1EA22E, #1E50A2, #A21E92

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDD09F

Lighter +30%#E5BA74

Lighter +20%#DDA549

Lighter +10%#CD8E26

Darker −10%#775216

Darker −20%#4C340E

Darker −30%#211706

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BA7606

Less saturated −25%#8A6A36

Channel breakdown

R162

G112

B30

Red162 (63.5%)

Green112 (43.9%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue37.27°

Saturation (HSL)68.75%

Lightness37.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A2 · G 70 · B 1E

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