Recognised as Colour

#AA4914

#AA4914
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#AA4914 is a orange with RGB values 170, 73, 20 and HSL 21°, 79%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#AA4914

RGBrgb(170, 73, 20)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.2863, 0.0784

RGB percentages66.7%, 28.6%, 7.8%

HSLhsl(21.2, 78.9%, 37.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(21.2, 88.2%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 57.1%, 88.2%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,159,828

CSS custom property--colour: #AA4914;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13362WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness108.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.72:1

Contrast with white5.72:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A

Inverted#55B6EB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#655909no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#7D6F0Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original

Tritanopia#BB323Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.67:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 13.8 Sienna · ΔE 14.2 Chocolate · ΔE 15.7 Dark red · ΔE 21.5 Firebrick · ΔE 21.6 Brown · ΔE 21.8

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 13.84, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1475AA

Analogous#AA142A, #AA9414

Triadic#14AA49, #4914AA

Split complementary#14AA94, #142AAA

Tetradic#2AAA14, #1475AA, #9414AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3B897

Lighter +30%#ED986A

Lighter +20%#E8793C

Lighter +10%#D85D19

Darker −10%#7C350F

Darker −20%#4F2209

Darker −30%#210E04

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BE4300

Less saturated −25%#92502C

Channel breakdown

R170

G73

B20

Red170 (66.7%)

Green73 (28.6%)

Blue20 (7.8%)

Hue21.2°

Saturation (HSL)78.95%

Lightness37.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 49 · B 14

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