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Recognised as Colour

#A85E40

  • #A85E40
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sienna

#A85E40 is a orange with RGB values 168, 94, 64 and HSL 17°, 45%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#A85E40#A85E40
HEX#A85E40
RGBrgb(168, 94, 64)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.3686, 0.251
RGB percentages65.9%, 36.9%, 25.1%
HSLhsl(17.3, 44.8%, 45.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(17.3, 61.9%, 65.9%)
CMYK0%, 44%, 61.9%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,034,176
CSS custom property--colour: #A85E40;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.167WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.84:1
Contrast with white4.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#57A1BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#72683Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#83783Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B75057no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.84:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 7.1Saddle brown · ΔE 15Indian red · ΔE 20.1Dark salmon · ΔE 22.1Peru · ΔE 23.3Brown · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 7.13, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#408AA8
Analogous#A84056, #A89240
Triadic#40A85E, #5E40A8
Split complementary#40A892, #4056A8
Tetradic#56A840, #408AA8, #9240A8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBD3C9
Lighter +30%#DDB5A4
Lighter +20%#CE9680
Lighter +10%#C0785B
Darker −10%#834932
Darker −20%#5E3524
Darker −30%#392016
Darker −40%#140B08
More saturated +25%#C55223
Less saturated −25%#8B6A5D

Channel breakdown

R168
G94
B64
Red168 (65.9%)
Green94 (36.9%)
Blue64 (25.1%)
Hue17.31°
Saturation (HSL)44.83%
Lightness45.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A8 · G 5E · B 40

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