Recognised as Colour

#AA6D35

#AA6D35
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Peru

#AA6D35 is a orange with RGB values 170, 109, 53 and HSL 29°, 52%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#AA6D35#AA6D35

HEX#AA6D35

RGBrgb(170, 109, 53)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.4275, 0.2078

RGB percentages66.7%, 42.7%, 20.8%

HSLhsl(28.7, 52.5%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(28.7, 68.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 35.9%, 68.8%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,169,077

CSS custom property--colour: #AA6D35;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1974WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.95:1

Contrast with white4.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.95:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#767676

Inverted#5592CA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#80722Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E8036no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B96061no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 12.9 Sienna · ΔE 13.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 15.9 Sandy brown · ΔE 23.6 Dark salmon · ΔE 24.1 Chocolate · ΔE 24.7

Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 12.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3572AA

Analogous#AA3537, #AAA835

Triadic#35AA6D, #6D35AA

Split complementary#35AAA8, #3537AA

Tetradic#37AA35, #3572AA, #A835AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBD5C0

Lighter +30%#DFBA99

Lighter +20%#D3A072

Lighter +10%#C7864B

Darker −10%#835429

Darker −20%#5C3B1D

Darker −30%#352211

Darker −40%#0E0905

More saturated +25%#C66C19

Less saturated −25%#8E6E51

Channel breakdown

R170

G109

B53

Red170 (66.7%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue53 (20.8%)

Hue28.72°

Saturation (HSL)52.47%

Lightness43.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 6D · B 35

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