Recognised as Colour

#A7722A

#A7722A
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Peru

#A7722A is a orange with RGB values 167, 114, 42 and HSL 35°, 60%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#A7722A#A7722A

HEX#A7722A

RGBrgb(167, 114, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.4471, 0.1647

RGB percentages65.5%, 44.7%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(34.6, 59.8%, 41%)

HSV / HSBhsv(34.6, 74.9%, 65.5%)

CMYK0%, 31.7%, 74.9%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,973,738

CSS custom property--colour: #A7722A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20417WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.08:1

Contrast with white4.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.08:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#787878

Inverted#588DD5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#847520no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#91822Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original

Tritanopia#B66563no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.13:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 11.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 19.9 Sienna · ΔE 20.3 Sandy brown · ΔE 23.3 Chocolate · ΔE 25.3

Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 11.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2A5FA7

Analogous#A7342A, #9DA72A

Triadic#2AA772, #722AA7

Split complementary#2A9EA7, #332AA7

Tetradic#2AA734, #2A5FA7, #A72A9E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECD3B1

Lighter +30%#E1BC89

Lighter +20%#D7A560

Lighter +10%#CD8D37

Darker −10%#7E5620

Darker −20%#553A16

Darker −30%#2D1F0B

Darker −40%#040301

More saturated +25%#C17610

Less saturated −25%#8D6E44

Channel breakdown

R167

G114

B42

Red167 (65.5%)

Green114 (44.7%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue34.56°

Saturation (HSL)59.81%

Lightness40.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A7 · G 72 · B 2A

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Colour harmonies

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