Colour

#A9905B

#A9905B
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#A9905B is a orange with RGB values 169, 144, 91 and HSL 41°, 31%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#A9905B#A9905B

HEX#A9905B

RGBrgb(169, 144, 91)

RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.5647, 0.3569

RGB percentages66.3%, 56.5%, 35.7%

HSLhsl(40.8, 31.2%, 51%)

HSV / HSBhsv(40.8, 46.2%, 66.3%)

CMYK0%, 14.8%, 46.2%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,112,539

CSS custom property--colour: #A9905B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29137WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness147.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.83:1

Contrast with white3.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.83:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#919191

Inverted#566FA4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9C8F57no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A2965Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Tritanopia#B48783no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.08:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 16 Burlywood · ΔE 16.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.3 Peru · ΔE 25.3 Dark salmon · ΔE 27.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 16.05, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5B74A9

Analogous#A9695B, #9BA95B

Triadic#5BA990, #905BA9

Split complementary#5B9BA9, #695BA9

Tetradic#5BA969, #5B74A9, #A95B9B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFEBE1

Lighter +30%#DED4BF

Lighter +20%#CCBD9E

Lighter +10%#BBA77C

Darker −10%#897448

Darker −20%#685836

Darker −30%#463B25

Darker −40%#251F13

More saturated +25%#C89B3C

Less saturated −25%#8A857A

Channel breakdown

R169

G144

B91

Red169 (66.3%)

Green144 (56.5%)

Blue91 (35.7%)

Hue40.77°

Saturation (HSL)31.2%

Lightness50.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A9 · G 90 · B 5B

Keep nerding

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

#A9905B

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