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Recognised as Colour

#A56E59

  • #A56E59
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#A56E59 is a orange with RGB values 165, 110, 89 and HSL 17°, 30%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#A56E59#A56E59
HEX#A56E59
RGBrgb(165, 110, 89)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.4314, 0.349
RGB percentages64.7%, 43.1%, 34.9%
HSLhsl(16.6, 29.9%, 49.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(16.6, 46.1%, 64.7%)
CMYK0%, 33.3%, 46.1%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,841,689
CSS custom property--colour: #A56E59;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19872WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.97:1
Contrast with white4.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#787878
Inverted#5A91A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7C7457no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#898059no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B26569no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.22:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 18.5Sienna · ΔE 19.7Dark salmon · ΔE 21.4Indian red · ΔE 25.6Saddle brown · ΔE 25.8Tan · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 18.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5990A5
Analogous#A5596A, #A59459
Triadic#59A56E, #6E59A5
Split complementary#59A594, #596AA5
Tetradic#6AA559, #5990A5, #9459A5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDE2DD
Lighter +30%#DBC5BC
Lighter +20%#C9A89B
Lighter +10%#B78B7A
Darker −10%#845847
Darker −20%#634235
Darker −30%#422C23
Darker −40%#201612
More saturated +25%#C56039
Less saturated −25%#857C79

Channel breakdown

R165
G110
B89
Red165 (64.7%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue89 (34.9%)
Hue16.58°
Saturation (HSL)29.92%
Lightness49.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A5 · G 6E · B 59

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