Recognised as Colour

#AA4F00

#AA4F00
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#AA4F00 is a orange with RGB values 170, 79, 0 and HSL 28°, 100%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#AA4F00#AA4F00

HEX#AA4F00

RGBrgb(170, 79, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.3098, 0

RGB percentages66.7%, 31%, 0%

HSLhsl(27.9, 100%, 33.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(27.9, 100%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 53.5%, 100%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,161,344

CSS custom property--colour: #AA4F00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14138WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness110.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.49:1

Contrast with white5.49:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D

Inverted#55B0FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6A5C00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#807100no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original

Tritanopia#BB3943no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.83:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 12.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 16.6 Sienna · ΔE 19 Peru · ΔE 22.2 Coral · ΔE 26.5 Dark red · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 12.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#005BAA

Analogous#AA0006, #AAA400

Triadic#00AA4F, #4F00AA

Split complementary#00AAA4, #0006AA

Tetradic#06AA00, #005BAA, #A400AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFB677

Lighter +30%#FF9B44

Lighter +20%#FF8011

Lighter +10%#DD6700

Darker −10%#773700

Darker −20%#442000

Darker −30%#110800

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AA4F00

Less saturated −25%#955015

Channel breakdown

R170

G79

Red170 (66.7%)

Green79 (31%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue27.88°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness33.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 4F · B 00

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