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Recognised as Colour

#A8660C

  • #A8660C
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Peru

#A8660C is a orange with RGB values 168, 102, 12 and HSL 35°, 87%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#A8660C#A8660C
HEX#A8660C
RGBrgb(168, 102, 12)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.4, 0.0471
RGB percentages65.9%, 40%, 4.7%
HSLhsl(34.6, 86.7%, 35.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(34.6, 92.9%, 65.9%)
CMYK0%, 39.3%, 92.9%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,036,172
CSS custom property--colour: #A8660C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17854WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.59:1
Contrast with white4.59:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#5799F3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7B6C00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8B7B0Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B85657no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 14Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.8Chocolate · ΔE 17.9Saddle brown · ΔE 18.8Sienna · ΔE 21.4Sandy brown · ΔE 25.9
Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 14.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0C4EA8
Analogous#A8180C, #9CA80C
Triadic#0CA866, #660CA8
Split complementary#0C9CA8, #180CA8
Tetradic#0CA818, #0C4EA8, #A80C9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7C889
Lighter +30%#F3B25A
Lighter +20%#F09C2A
Lighter +10%#D8830F
Darker −10%#784909
Darker −20%#492C05
Darker −30%#190F02
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#B46800
Less saturated −25%#926322

Channel breakdown

R168
G102
B12
Red168 (65.9%)
Green102 (40%)
Blue12 (4.7%)
Hue34.62°
Saturation (HSL)86.67%
Lightness35.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A8 · G 66 · B 0C

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