Recognised as Colour

#A68D5C

#A68D5C
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#A68D5C is a orange with RGB values 166, 141, 92 and HSL 40°, 29%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#A68D5C#A68D5C

HEX#A68D5C

RGBrgb(166, 141, 92)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.5529, 0.3608

RGB percentages65.1%, 55.3%, 36.1%

HSLhsl(39.7, 29.4%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(39.7, 44.6%, 65.1%)

CMYK0%, 15.1%, 44.6%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,915,164

CSS custom property--colour: #A68D5C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27929WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.59:1

Contrast with white3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.59:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#5972A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#998C58no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#9F935Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Tritanopia#B18581no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 16.2 Burlywood · ΔE 17.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.2 Peru · ΔE 26.3 Rosy brown · ΔE 27.4 Dark salmon · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 16.19, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5C75A6

Analogous#A6685C, #9AA65C

Triadic#5CA68D, #8D5CA6

Split complementary#5C9AA6, #685CA6

Tetradic#5CA668, #5C75A6, #A65C9A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEE9E0

Lighter +30%#DCD2BF

Lighter +20%#CABB9E

Lighter +10%#B8A47D

Darker −10%#867149

Darker −20%#655537

Darker −30%#443A25

Darker −40%#231E13

More saturated +25%#C6973C

Less saturated −25%#87837B

Channel breakdown

R166

G141

B92

Red166 (65.1%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue92 (36.1%)

Hue39.73°

Saturation (HSL)29.37%

Lightness50.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A6 · G 8D · B 5C

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Colour values

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