Recognised as Colour

#A87B59

#A87B59
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Rosy brown

#A87B59 is a orange with RGB values 168, 123, 89 and HSL 26°, 31%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#A87B59#A87B59

HEX#A87B59

RGBrgb(168, 123, 89)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.4824, 0.349

RGB percentages65.9%, 48.2%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(25.8, 31.2%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(25.8, 47%, 65.9%)

CMYK0%, 26.8%, 47%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,041,625

CSS custom property--colour: #A87B59;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23212WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness135 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.64:1

Contrast with white3.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.64:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#828282

Inverted#5784A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#887F56no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#938859no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B47272no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.72:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 20.9 Dark salmon · ΔE 21 Tan · ΔE 21.3 Sienna · ΔE 22.3 Burlywood · ΔE 23 Peru · ΔE 24.8

Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 20.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5986A8

Analogous#A8595F, #A8A359

Triadic#59A87B, #7B59A8

Split complementary#59A8A3, #595FA8

Tetradic#5FA859, #5986A8, #A359A8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEE5DF

Lighter +30%#DDCBBD

Lighter +20%#CBB09C

Lighter +10%#BA967A

Darker −10%#876347

Darker −20%#664A35

Darker −30%#443224

Darker −40%#231912

More saturated +25%#C87739

Less saturated −25%#887F79

Channel breakdown

R168

G123

B89

Red168 (65.9%)

Green123 (48.2%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue25.82°

Saturation (HSL)31.23%

Lightness50.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A8 · G 7B · B 59

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#A87B59

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else