Recognised as Colour

#A9862E

#A9862E
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#A9862E is a orange with RGB values 169, 134, 46 and HSL 43°, 57%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#A9862E

RGBrgb(169, 134, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.5255, 0.1804

RGB percentages66.3%, 52.5%, 18%

HSLhsl(42.9, 57.2%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(42.9, 72.8%, 66.3%)

CMYK0%, 20.7%, 72.8%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,109,934

CSS custom property--colour: #A9862E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25682WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.14:1

Contrast with white3.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.14:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#878787

Inverted#5679D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#968522no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#9F8F32no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B77A74no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

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

Contrast with black, large text6.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 13.9 Peru · ΔE 17.8 Olive · ΔE 19.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 23 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.2 Sandy brown · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 13.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2E51A9

Analogous#A9492E, #8FA92E

Triadic#2EA986, #862EA9

Split complementary#2E8EA9, #492EA9

Tetradic#2EA949, #2E51A9, #A92E8E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECDDB7

Lighter +30%#E1CA8F

Lighter +20%#D6B667

Lighter +10%#CBA33F

Darker −10%#816623

Darker −20%#594618

Darker −30%#31270D

Darker −40%#090702

More saturated +25%#C49213

Less saturated −25%#8E7A49

Channel breakdown

R169

G134

B46

Red169 (66.3%)

Green134 (52.5%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue42.93°

Saturation (HSL)57.21%

Lightness42.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A9 · G 86 · B 2E

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