Colour

#A38F59

#A38F59
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#A38F59 is a orange with RGB values 163, 143, 89 and HSL 44°, 29%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#A38F59#A38F59

HEX#A38F59

RGBrgb(163, 143, 89)

RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.5608, 0.349

RGB percentages63.9%, 56.1%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(43.8, 29.4%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(43.8, 45.4%, 63.9%)

CMYK0%, 12.3%, 45.4%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,719,065

CSS custom property--colour: #A38F59;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28153WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.63:1

Contrast with white3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.63:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#5C70A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9A8D55no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#9F935Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Tritanopia#AE8782no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 17.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.8 Burlywood · ΔE 18.5 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.8 Peru · ΔE 27.2 Olive · ΔE 29.5

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 17.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#596DA3

Analogous#A36A59, #92A359

Triadic#59A38F, #8F59A3

Split complementary#5992A3, #6A59A3

Tetradic#59A36A, #596DA3, #A35992

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECE8DC

Lighter +30%#DAD2BB

Lighter +20%#C8BC9A

Lighter +10%#B6A579

Darker −10%#827247

Darker −20%#615535

Darker −30%#403823

Darker −40%#1F1B11

More saturated +25%#C39D39

Less saturated −25%#848178

Channel breakdown

R163

G143

B89

Red163 (63.9%)

Green143 (56.1%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue43.78°

Saturation (HSL)29.37%

Lightness49.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A3 · G 8F · B 59

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