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Recognised as Colour

#A64A15

  • #A64A15
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#A64A15 is a orange with RGB values 166, 74, 21 and HSL 22°, 78%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#A64A15#A64A15
HEX#A64A15
RGBrgb(166, 74, 21)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.2902, 0.0824
RGB percentages65.1%, 29%, 8.2%
HSLhsl(21.9, 77.5%, 36.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(21.9, 87.3%, 65.1%)
CMYK0%, 55.4%, 87.3%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,897,941
CSS custom property--colour: #A64A15;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13059WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.81:1
Contrast with white5.81:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#59B5EA

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#64580Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#7B6D11no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.6 from the original
Tritanopia#B73440no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.81:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.61:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 11.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#1571A6
Analogous#A61529, #A69215
Triadic#15A64A, #4A15A6
Split complementary#15A692, #1529A6
Tetradic#29A615, #1571A6, #9215A6

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#F2B795
Lighter +30%#EC9868
Lighter +20%#E6793B
Lighter +10%#D35E1B
Darker −10%#79360F
Darker −20%#4B220A
Darker −30%#1E0D04
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#BB4400
Less saturated −25%#8F502C

Channel breakdown

R166
G74
B21
Red166 (65.1%)
Green74 (29%)
Blue21 (8.2%)
Hue21.93°
Saturation (HSL)77.54%
Lightness36.67%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A6 · G 4A · B 15

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