Colour

#AA6623

#AA6623
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Peru

#AA6623 is a orange with RGB values 170, 102, 35 and HSL 30°, 66%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#AA6623#AA6623

HEX#AA6623

RGBrgb(170, 102, 35)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.4, 0.1373

RGB percentages66.7%, 40%, 13.7%

HSLhsl(29.8, 65.9%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(29.8, 79.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 40%, 79.4%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,167,267

CSS custom property--colour: #AA6623;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1817WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness122 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.63:1

Contrast with white4.53:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.63:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#707070

Inverted#5599DC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7B6D19no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#8B7C24no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original

Tritanopia#BA5759no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 12.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 14.3 Sienna · ΔE 14.7 Chocolate · ΔE 18.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22 Sandy brown · ΔE 24.3

Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 12.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2367AA

Analogous#AA2324, #AAAA23

Triadic#23AA66, #6623AA

Split complementary#23AAAA, #2323AA

Tetradic#24AA23, #2367AA, #AA23AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EECCAB

Lighter +30%#E5B381

Lighter +20%#DC9957

Lighter +10%#D47F2C

Darker −10%#804D1A

Darker −20%#553312

Darker −30%#2B1A09

Darker −40%#010000

More saturated +25%#C46609

Less saturated −25%#90663D

Channel breakdown

R170

G102

B35

Red170 (66.7%)

Green102 (40%)

Blue35 (13.7%)

Hue29.78°

Saturation (HSL)65.85%

Lightness40.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 66 · B 23

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