Recognised as Colour

#A9491C

#A9491C
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#A9491C is a orange with RGB values 169, 73, 28 and HSL 19°, 72%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

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HEX#A9491C

RGBrgb(169, 73, 28)

RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.2863, 0.1098

RGB percentages66.3%, 28.6%, 11%

HSLhsl(19.1, 71.6%, 38.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(19.1, 83.4%, 66.3%)

CMYK0%, 56.8%, 83.4%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,094,300

CSS custom property--colour: #A9491C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13284WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness108.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.74:1

Contrast with white5.74:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A

Inverted#56B6E3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#645915no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#7C6E18no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original

Tritanopia#BA3340no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.66:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 11.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 12.4 Chocolate · ΔE 18.1 Brown · ΔE 19.3 Firebrick · ΔE 20.4 Dark red · ΔE 20.8

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 11.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1C7CA9

Analogous#A91C36, #A9901C

Triadic#1CA949, #491CA9

Split complementary#1CA990, #1C35A9

Tetradic#35A91C, #1C7CA9, #901CA9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0BAA1

Lighter +30%#E89A76

Lighter +20%#E17A4A

Lighter +10%#D55C23

Darker −10%#7D3615

Darker −20%#51230E

Darker −30%#261006

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C24003

Less saturated −25%#905235

Channel breakdown

R169

G73

B28

Red169 (66.3%)

Green73 (28.6%)

Blue28 (11%)

Hue19.15°

Saturation (HSL)71.57%

Lightness38.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A9 · G 49 · B 1C

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