Recognised as Colour
#A68E53
- #A68E53
- Orange
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark khaki
#A68E53 is a orange with RGB values 166, 142, 83 and HSL 43°, 33%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.
Colour values
#A68E53#A68E53
HEX#A68E53
RGBrgb(166, 142, 83)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.5569, 0.3255
RGB percentages65.1%, 55.7%, 32.5%
HSLhsl(42.7, 33.3%, 48.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(42.7, 50%, 65.1%)
CMYK0%, 14.5%, 50%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,915,411
CSS custom property--colour: #A68E53;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.28078WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.62:1
Contrast with white3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#5971AC
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#536BA6
Analogous#A66553, #94A653
Triadic#53A68E, #8E53A6
Split complementary#5394A6, #6553A6
Tetradic#53A665, #536BA6, #A65394
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R166
G142
B83
Red166 (65.1%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue83 (32.5%)
Hue42.65°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness48.82%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A6 · G 8E · B 53
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