Recognised as Colour

#A78B4F

#A78B4F
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#A78B4F is a orange with RGB values 167, 139, 79 and HSL 41°, 36%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#A78B4F

RGBrgb(167, 139, 79)

RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.5451, 0.3098

RGB percentages65.5%, 54.5%, 31%

HSLhsl(40.9, 35.8%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(40.9, 52.7%, 65.5%)

CMYK0%, 16.8%, 52.7%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,980,175

CSS custom property--colour: #A78B4F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27245WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.45:1

Contrast with white3.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.45:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#5874B0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#988A4Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#9F9251no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Tritanopia#B3827Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.26:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 18.7 Burlywood · ΔE 19.2 Tan · ΔE 19.6 Peru · ΔE 22.3 Olive · ΔE 27.2 Sandy brown · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 18.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4F6BA7

Analogous#A75F4F, #97A74F

Triadic#4FA78B, #8B4FA7

Split complementary#4F97A7, #5F4FA7

Tetradic#4FA75F, #4F6BA7, #A74F97

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECE5D6

Lighter +30%#DBCFB4

Lighter +20%#CBB991

Lighter +10%#BBA26E

Darker −10%#846E3F

Darker −20%#62512E

Darker −30%#3F351E

Darker −40%#1D180D

More saturated +25%#C69630

Less saturated −25%#88806E

Channel breakdown

R167

G139

B79

Red167 (65.5%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue79 (31%)

Hue40.91°

Saturation (HSL)35.77%

Lightness48.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A7 · G 8B · B 4F

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