Colour

#AA5909

#AA5909
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#AA5909 is a orange with RGB values 170, 89, 9 and HSL 30°, 90%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#AA5909#AA5909

HEX#AA5909

RGBrgb(170, 89, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.349, 0.0353

RGB percentages66.7%, 34.9%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(29.8, 89.9%, 35.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(29.8, 94.7%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 47.6%, 94.7%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,163,913

CSS custom property--colour: #AA5909;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15711WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness115.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.07:1

Contrast with white5.07:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#646464

Inverted#55A6F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#716300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#857607no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original

Tritanopia#BB464Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 13.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 15.4 Peru · ΔE 17.6 Sienna · ΔE 17.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.5 Coral · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 13.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#095AAA

Analogous#AA0909, #AAA909

Triadic#09AA59, #5909AA

Split complementary#09AAA9, #090AAA

Tetradic#0AAA09, #095AAA, #AA09AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9BF86

Lighter +30%#F6A656

Lighter +20%#F38C26

Lighter +10%#DA720C

Darker −10%#7A4006

Darker −20%#492604

Darker −30%#190D01

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B35900

Less saturated −25%#94591F

Channel breakdown

R170

G89

Red170 (66.7%)

Green89 (34.9%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue29.81°

Saturation (HSL)89.94%

Lightness35.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 59 · B 09

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