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Recognised as Colour

#A83E00

  • #A83E00
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Chocolate

#A83E00 is a orange with RGB values 168, 62, 0 and HSL 22°, 100%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#A83E00#A83E00
HEX#A83E00
RGBrgb(168, 62, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.2431, 0
RGB percentages65.9%, 24.3%, 0%
HSLhsl(22.1, 100%, 32.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(22.1, 100%, 65.9%)
CMYK0%, 63.1%, 100%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,025,920
CSS custom property--colour: #A83E00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1177WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness103.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.26:1
Contrast with white6.26:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#505050
Inverted#57C1FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5D5100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#776900no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original
Tritanopia#B92035no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.26:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 16.5Saddle brown · ΔE 18.9Dark red · ΔE 19.2Firebrick · ΔE 20.4Sienna · ΔE 20.5Maroon · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 16.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#006AA8
Analogous#A80016, #A89200
Triadic#00A83E, #3E00A8
Split complementary#00A892, #0016A8
Tetradic#16A800, #006AA8, #9200A8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFA875
Lighter +30%#FF8842
Lighter +20%#FF680F
Lighter +10%#DB5100
Darker −10%#752B00
Darker −20%#421800
Darker −30%#0F0600
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A83E00
Less saturated −25%#934415

Channel breakdown

R168
G62
B0
Red168 (65.9%)
Green62 (24.3%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue22.14°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness32.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A8 · G 3E · B 00

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