Recognised as Colour

#A46400

#A46400
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Peru

#A46400 is a orange with RGB values 164, 100, 0 and HSL 37°, 100%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#A46400#A46400

HEX#A46400

RGBrgb(164, 100, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.3922, 0

RGB percentages64.3%, 39.2%, 0%

HSLhsl(36.6, 100%, 32.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(36.6, 100%, 64.3%)

CMYK0%, 39%, 100%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,773,504

CSS custom property--colour: #A46400;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17007WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness117.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.77:1

Contrast with white4.77:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A

Inverted#5B9BFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#796A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#887904no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original

Tritanopia#B45455no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.4:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 15.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.2 Chocolate · ΔE 19 Saddle brown · ΔE 19.7 Sienna · ΔE 23 Sandy brown · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 15.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0040A4

Analogous#A41200, #92A400

Triadic#00A464, #6400A4

Split complementary#0092A4, #1200A4

Tetradic#00A412, #0040A4, #A40092

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFC871

Lighter +30%#FFB43E

Lighter +20%#FFA00B

Lighter +10%#D78300

Darker −10%#714500

Darker −20%#3E2600

Darker −30%#0B0700

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A46400

Less saturated −25%#905F14

Channel breakdown

R164

G100

Red164 (64.3%)

Green100 (39.2%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue36.59°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness32.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A4 · G 64 · B 00

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