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Recognised as Colour

#AA6A3E

  • #AA6A3E
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sienna

#AA6A3E is a orange with RGB values 170, 106, 62 and HSL 24°, 47%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#AA6A3E#AA6A3E
HEX#AA6A3E
RGBrgb(170, 106, 62)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.4157, 0.2431
RGB percentages66.7%, 41.6%, 24.3%
HSLhsl(24.4, 46.6%, 45.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(24.4, 63.5%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 37.6%, 63.5%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,168,318
CSS custom property--colour: #AA6A3E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19202WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.84:1
Contrast with white4.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#747474
Inverted#5595C1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7C713Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C7F3Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B95D60no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.34:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 10.7Saddle brown · ΔE 15.6Peru · ΔE 16.9Dark salmon · ΔE 21.4Light salmon · ΔE 25.9Sandy brown · ΔE 25.9
Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 10.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3E7EAA
Analogous#AA3E48, #AAA03E
Triadic#3EAA6A, #6A3EAA
Split complementary#3EAAA0, #3E48AA
Tetradic#48AA3E, #3E7EAA, #A03EAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBD7C9
Lighter +30%#DEBBA3
Lighter +20%#D09F7E
Lighter +10%#C28459
Darker −10%#855330
Darker −20%#5F3B23
Darker −30%#3A2415
Darker −40%#150D07
More saturated +25%#C76521
Less saturated −25%#8D6F5B

Channel breakdown

R170
G106
B62
Red170 (66.7%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue62 (24.3%)
Hue24.44°
Saturation (HSL)46.55%
Lightness45.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G 6A · B 3E

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