Recognised as Colour

#A27837

#A27837
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Peru

#A27837 is a orange with RGB values 162, 120, 55 and HSL 36°, 49%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#A27837#A27837

HEX#A27837

RGBrgb(162, 120, 55)

RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.4706, 0.2157

RGB percentages63.5%, 47.1%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(36.4, 49.3%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(36.4, 66%, 63.5%)

CMYK0%, 25.9%, 66%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,647,607

CSS custom property--colour: #A27837;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2139WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness129 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.28:1

Contrast with white3.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.28:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C

Inverted#5D87C8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#887930no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#928439no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original

Tritanopia#B06D6Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.98:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 16.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.3 Sienna · ΔE 22.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 23.3 Sandy brown · ΔE 25.3 Burlywood · ΔE 26.2

Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 16.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3761A2

Analogous#A24237, #97A237

Triadic#37A278, #7837A2

Split complementary#3797A2, #4237A2

Tetradic#37A242, #3761A2, #A23797

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E8D7BD

Lighter +30%#DCC096

Lighter +20%#CFAA70

Lighter +10%#C2934A

Darker −10%#7C5C2A

Darker −20%#56401D

Darker −30%#302310

Darker −40%#0A0703

More saturated +25%#BD7E1C

Less saturated −25%#877252

Channel breakdown

R162

G120

B55

Red162 (63.5%)

Green120 (47.1%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue36.45°

Saturation (HSL)49.31%

Lightness42.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A2 · G 78 · B 37

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