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Recognised as Colour

#A68221

  • #A68221
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#A68221 is a orange with RGB values 166, 130, 33 and HSL 44°, 67%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#A68221#A68221
HEX#A68221
RGBrgb(166, 130, 33)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.5098, 0.1294
RGB percentages65.1%, 51%, 12.9%
HSLhsl(43.8, 66.8%, 39%)
HSV / HSBhsv(43.8, 80.1%, 65.1%)
CMYK0%, 21.7%, 80.1%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,912,289
CSS custom property--colour: #A68221;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24182WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.84:1
Contrast with white3.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#597DDE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#93810Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#9B8B26no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B47670no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.6:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 10.9Olive · ΔE 18.2Peru · ΔE 18.7Goldenrod · ΔE 21.3Dark khaki · ΔE 26Sandy brown · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 10.9, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2145A6
Analogous#A63F21, #88A621
Triadic#21A682, #8221A6
Split complementary#2188A6, #3F21A6
Tetradic#21A63F, #2145A6, #A62188

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDDAA6
Lighter +30%#E5C87B
Lighter +20%#DCB751
Lighter +10%#D1A329
Darker −10%#7B6119
Darker −20%#513F10
Darker −30%#261E08
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#BF8D08
Less saturated −25%#8D773A

Channel breakdown

R166
G130
B33
Red166 (65.1%)
Green130 (51%)
Blue33 (12.9%)
Hue43.76°
Saturation (HSL)66.83%
Lightness39.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A6 · G 82 · B 21

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