Recognised as Colour

#A6792E

#A6792E
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Peru

#A6792E is a orange with RGB values 166, 121, 46 and HSL 37°, 57%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

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HEX#A6792E

RGBrgb(166, 121, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.4745, 0.1804

RGB percentages65.1%, 47.5%, 18%

HSLhsl(37.5, 56.6%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(37.5, 72.3%, 65.1%)

CMYK0%, 27.1%, 72.3%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,909,998

CSS custom property--colour: #A6792E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21979WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness130.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.4:1

Contrast with white3.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.4:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D

Inverted#5986D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8A7B24no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#958631no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original

Tritanopia#B46D69no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.89:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 13.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.3 Sandy brown · ΔE 23.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 23.9 Sienna · ΔE 24.2 Olive · ΔE 25.3

Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 13.81, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2E5BA6

Analogous#A63D2E, #97A62E

Triadic#2EA679, #792EA6

Split complementary#2E97A6, #3D2EA6

Tetradic#2EA63D, #2E5BA6, #A62E97

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBD7B5

Lighter +30%#E0C18D

Lighter +20%#D4AB66

Lighter +10%#C9953E

Darker −10%#7E5C23

Darker −20%#563F18

Darker −30%#2E220D

Darker −40%#060502

More saturated +25%#C18013

Less saturated −25%#8C7249

Channel breakdown

R166

G121

B46

Red166 (65.1%)

Green121 (47.5%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue37.5°

Saturation (HSL)56.6%

Lightness41.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A6 · G 79 · B 2E

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Colour harmonies

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