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Recognised as Colour

#AA623E

  • #AA623E
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sienna

#AA623E is a orange with RGB values 170, 98, 62 and HSL 20°, 47%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#AA623E#AA623E
HEX#AA623E
RGBrgb(170, 98, 62)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.3843, 0.2431
RGB percentages66.7%, 38.4%, 24.3%
HSLhsl(20, 46.6%, 45.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(20, 63.5%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 42.4%, 63.5%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,166,270
CSS custom property--colour: #AA623E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17629WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.64:1
Contrast with white4.64:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.53:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F
Inverted#559DC1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#766B3Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#877B3Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original
Tritanopia#B95459no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.64:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 7Saddle brown · ΔE 14.2Peru · ΔE 20.3Dark salmon · ΔE 21.5Indian red · ΔE 22.3Light salmon · ΔE 26.3
Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 6.96, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3E86AA
Analogous#AA3E50, #AA983E
Triadic#3EAA62, #623EAA
Split complementary#3EAA98, #3E50AA
Tetradic#50AA3E, #3E86AA, #983EAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBD4C9
Lighter +30%#DEB7A3
Lighter +20%#D0997E
Lighter +10%#C27C59
Darker −10%#854C30
Darker −20%#5F3723
Darker −30%#3A2115
Darker −40%#150C07
More saturated +25%#C75821
Less saturated −25%#8D6C5B

Channel breakdown

R170
G98
B62
Red170 (66.7%)
Green98 (38.4%)
Blue62 (24.3%)
Hue20°
Saturation (HSL)46.55%
Lightness45.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G 62 · B 3E

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