Recognised as Colour

#AA540E

#AA540E
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#AA540E is a orange with RGB values 170, 84, 14 and HSL 27°, 85%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

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HEX#AA540E

RGBrgb(170, 84, 14)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.3294, 0.0549

RGB percentages66.7%, 32.9%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(26.9, 84.8%, 36.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(26.9, 91.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 50.6%, 91.8%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,162,638

CSS custom property--colour: #AA540E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14918WCAG 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 5.27:1

Contrast with white5.27:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#616161

Inverted#55ABF1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6D6000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original

Deuteranopia#82730Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original

Tritanopia#BB4048no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.98:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 13.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 13.9 Sienna · ΔE 15.8 Peru · ΔE 19.3 Coral · ΔE 26.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 13.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0E64AA

Analogous#AA0E16, #AAA20E

Triadic#0EAA54, #540EAA

Split complementary#0EAAA2, #0E16AA

Tetradic#16AA0E, #0E64AA, #A20EAA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6BD8E

Lighter +30%#F2A15F

Lighter +20%#EE8530

Lighter +10%#D96B12

Darker −10%#7B3D0A

Darker −20%#4C2506

Darker −30%#1D0E02

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B85300

Less saturated −25%#935625

Channel breakdown

R170

G84

B14

Red170 (66.7%)

Green84 (32.9%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue26.92°

Saturation (HSL)84.78%

Lightness36.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 54 · B 0E

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