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Recognised as Colour

#AA5D42

  • #AA5D42
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sienna

#AA5D42 is a orange with RGB values 170, 93, 66 and HSL 16°, 44%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#AA5D42#AA5D42
HEX#AA5D42
RGBrgb(170, 93, 66)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.3647, 0.2588
RGB percentages66.7%, 36.5%, 25.9%
HSLhsl(15.6, 44.1%, 46.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(15.6, 61.2%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 45.3%, 61.2%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,164,994
CSS custom property--colour: #AA5D42;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16768WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.82:1
Contrast with white4.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B
Inverted#55A2BD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#716840no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#847841no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B94F56no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 7.7Saddle brown · ΔE 16Indian red · ΔE 18.3Dark salmon · ΔE 21.9Brown · ΔE 23.4Peru · ΔE 24.4
Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 7.69, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#428FAA
Analogous#AA425B, #AA9142
Triadic#42AA5D, #5D42AA
Split complementary#42AA91, #425BAA
Tetradic#5BAA42, #428FAA, #9142AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBD5CD
Lighter +30%#DDB6A8
Lighter +20%#CF9783
Lighter +10%#C1785E
Darker −10%#854934
Darker −20%#613525
Darker −30%#3C2117
Darker −40%#170D09
More saturated +25%#C74F25
Less saturated −25%#8C6B60

Channel breakdown

R170
G93
B66
Red170 (66.7%)
Green93 (36.5%)
Blue66 (25.9%)
Hue15.58°
Saturation (HSL)44.07%
Lightness46.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G 5D · B 42

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