Recognised as Colour

#A27535

#A27535
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Peru

#A27535 is a orange with RGB values 162, 117, 53 and HSL 35°, 51%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#A27535#A27535

HEX#A27535

RGBrgb(162, 117, 53)

RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.4588, 0.2078

RGB percentages63.5%, 45.9%, 20.8%

HSLhsl(35.2, 50.7%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(35.2, 67.3%, 63.5%)

CMYK0%, 27.8%, 67.3%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,646,837

CSS custom property--colour: #A27535;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20661WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.13:1

Contrast with white4.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.13:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A

Inverted#5D8ACA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#85772Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#908237no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B06967no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 15.4 Sienna · ΔE 21.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 21.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.5 Sandy brown · ΔE 25.2 Burlywood · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 15.4, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3562A2

Analogous#A23F35, #98A235

Triadic#35A275, #7535A2

Split complementary#3598A2, #3F35A2

Tetradic#35A23F, #3562A2, #A23598

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9D6BA

Lighter +30%#DCBE94

Lighter +20%#CFA76E

Lighter +10%#C39047

Darker −10%#7C5928

Darker −20%#553D1C

Darker −30%#2F220F

Darker −40%#080603

More saturated +25%#BD7A1A

Less saturated −25%#877050

Channel breakdown

R162

G117

B53

Red162 (63.5%)

Green117 (45.9%)

Blue53 (20.8%)

Hue35.23°

Saturation (HSL)50.7%

Lightness42.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A2 · G 75 · B 35

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