Recognised as Colour

#A94009

#A94009
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#A94009 is a orange with RGB values 169, 64, 9 and HSL 21°, 90%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

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HEX#A94009

RGBrgb(169, 64, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.251, 0.0353

RGB percentages66.3%, 25.1%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(20.6, 89.9%, 34.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(20.6, 94.7%, 66.3%)

CMYK0%, 62.1%, 94.7%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,091,977

CSS custom property--colour: #A94009;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12122WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness104.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.13:1

Contrast with white6.13:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#525252

Inverted#56BFF6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5F5300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#786B01no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.2 from the original

Tritanopia#BA2337no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.42:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 16.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 17.4 Sienna · ΔE 18.4 Dark red · ΔE 18.6 Firebrick · ΔE 19.3 Maroon · ΔE 20.9

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 16.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0972A9

Analogous#A90922, #A99009

Triadic#09A940, #4009A9

Split complementary#09A990, #0922A9

Tetradic#22A909, #0972A9, #9009A9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9AD85

Lighter +30%#F68C55

Lighter +20%#F36C25

Lighter +10%#D9520C

Darker −10%#792E06

Darker −20%#481B04

Darker −30%#180901

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B23D00

Less saturated −25%#93471F

Channel breakdown

R169

G64

Red169 (66.3%)

Green64 (25.1%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue20.63°

Saturation (HSL)89.89%

Lightness34.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A9 · G 40 · B 09

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