Recognised as Colour

#AA522C

#AA522C
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#AA522C is a orange with RGB values 170, 82, 44 and HSL 18°, 59%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#AA522C#AA522C

HEX#AA522C

RGBrgb(170, 82, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.3216, 0.1725

RGB percentages66.7%, 32.2%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(18.1, 58.9%, 42%)

HSV / HSBhsv(18.1, 74.1%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 51.8%, 74.1%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,162,156

CSS custom property--colour: #AA522C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14762WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.31:1

Contrast with white5.31:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#626262

Inverted#55ADD3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6A5F28no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#80732Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original

Tritanopia#BA404Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.95:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 5.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 10.8 Brown · ΔE 19.7 Indian red · ΔE 21.4 Chocolate · ΔE 21.7 Peru · ΔE 22.5

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 5.06, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C84AA

Analogous#AA2C45, #AA912C

Triadic#2CAA52, #522CAA

Split complementary#2CAA91, #2C45AA

Tetradic#45AA2C, #2C84AA, #912CAA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECC6B6

Lighter +30%#E2A78D

Lighter +20%#D78765

Lighter +10%#CD683C

Darker −10%#813E22

Darker −20%#592B17

Darker −30%#30170D

Darker −40%#080402

More saturated +25%#C54711

Less saturated −25%#8F5D47

Channel breakdown

R170

G82

B44

Red170 (66.7%)

Green82 (32.2%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue18.1°

Saturation (HSL)58.88%

Lightness41.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 52 · B 2C

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