Colour

#AA5500

#AA5500
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#AA5500 is a orange with RGB values 170, 85, 0 and HSL 30°, 100%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#AA5500#AA5500

HEX#AA5500

HEX (short)#A50

RGBrgb(170, 85, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.3333, 0

RGB percentages66.7%, 33.3%, 0%

HSLhsl(30, 100%, 33.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(30, 100%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 50%, 100%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,162,880

CSS custom property--colour: #AA5500;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15043WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.24:1

Contrast with white5.24:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#616161

Inverted#55AAFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6E6000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#837400no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original

Tritanopia#BB4148no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 12.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 16.7 Sienna · ΔE 19.4 Peru · ΔE 19.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 26 Coral · ΔE 27.2

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#0055AA

Analogous#AA0000, #AAAA00

Triadic#00AA55, #5500AA

Split complementary#00AAAA, #0000AA

Tetradic#00AA00, #0055AA, #AA00AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFBB77

Lighter +30%#FFA244

Lighter +20%#FF8811

Lighter +10%#DD6E00

Darker −10%#773B00

Darker −20%#442200

Darker −30%#110800

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AA5500

Less saturated −25%#955515

Channel breakdown

R170

G85

Red170 (66.7%)

Green85 (33.3%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue30°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness33.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 55 · B 00

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