Recognised as Colour

#A78B5D

#A78B5D
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#A78B5D is a orange with RGB values 167, 139, 93 and HSL 37°, 30%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#A78B5D#A78B5D

HEX#A78B5D

RGBrgb(167, 139, 93)

RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.5451, 0.3647

RGB percentages65.5%, 54.5%, 36.5%

HSLhsl(37.3, 29.6%, 51%)

HSV / HSBhsv(37.3, 44.3%, 65.5%)

CMYK0%, 16.8%, 44.3%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,980,189

CSS custom property--colour: #A78B5D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27471WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness143.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.49:1

Contrast with white3.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.49:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#5874A2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#978B5Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#9D925Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original

Tritanopia#B2837Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 16.1 Burlywood · ΔE 17.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.9 Rosy brown · ΔE 25.7 Peru · ΔE 26 Dark salmon · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 16.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5D79A7

Analogous#A7665D, #9EA75D

Triadic#5DA78B, #8B5DA7

Split complementary#5D9EA7, #665DA7

Tetradic#5DA766, #5D79A7, #A75D9E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFEAE1

Lighter +30%#DDD2C0

Lighter +20%#CBBA9F

Lighter +10%#B9A37E

Darker −10%#87704A

Darker −20%#665538

Darker −30%#453926

Darker −40%#241E14

More saturated +25%#C6933E

Less saturated −25%#88837C

Channel breakdown

R167

G139

B93

Red167 (65.5%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue93 (36.5%)

Hue37.3°

Saturation (HSL)29.6%

Lightness50.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A7 · G 8B · B 5D

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