Recognised as Colour

#A78938

#A78938
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#A78938 is a orange with RGB values 167, 137, 56 and HSL 44°, 50%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#A78938

RGBrgb(167, 137, 56)

RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.5373, 0.2196

RGB percentages65.5%, 53.7%, 22%

HSLhsl(43.8, 49.8%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(43.8, 66.5%, 65.5%)

CMYK0%, 18%, 66.5%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,979,640

CSS custom property--colour: #A78938;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26392WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.28:1

Contrast with white3.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.28:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A

Inverted#5876C7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#98882Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#9F903Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Tritanopia#B47E78no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.1 Olive · ΔE 19.4 Peru · ΔE 19.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.8 Burlywood · ΔE 25.2 Sandy brown · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 18.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3856A7

Analogous#A75238, #8EA738

Triadic#38A789, #8938A7

Split complementary#388EA7, #5138A7

Tetradic#38A751, #3856A7, #A7388E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EADFC1

Lighter +30%#DDCB9B

Lighter +20%#D1B874

Lighter +10%#C4A44E

Darker −10%#816A2B

Darker −20%#5B4A1E

Darker −30%#342B12

Darker −40%#0E0C05

More saturated +25%#C3961C

Less saturated −25%#8B7C54

Channel breakdown

R167

G137

B56

Red167 (65.5%)

Green137 (53.7%)

Blue56 (22%)

Hue43.78°

Saturation (HSL)49.78%

Lightness43.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A7 · G 89 · B 38

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