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Recognised as Colour

#AA6F05

  • #AA6F05
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#AA6F05 is a orange with RGB values 170, 111, 5 and HSL 39°, 94%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#AA6F05#AA6F05
HEX#AA6F05
RGBrgb(170, 111, 5)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.4353, 0.0196
RGB percentages66.7%, 43.5%, 2%
HSLhsl(38.5, 94.3%, 34.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(38.5, 97.1%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 34.7%, 97.1%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,169,541
CSS custom property--colour: #AA6F05;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19926WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.99:1
Contrast with white4.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#747474
Inverted#5590FA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#837300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#91810Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Tritanopia#BA605Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.21:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 11.1Peru · ΔE 14.9Chocolate · ΔE 21.2Goldenrod · ΔE 23.4Saddle brown · ΔE 24.2Sandy brown · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 11.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0540AA
Analogous#AA1D05, #92AA05
Triadic#05AA6F, #6F05AA
Split complementary#0593AA, #1C05AA
Tetradic#05AA1D, #0540AA, #AA0593

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBCF80
Lighter +30%#FABC4E
Lighter +20%#F8AA1D
Lighter +10%#DC8F06
Darker −10%#784F04
Darker −20%#472E02
Darker −30%#150E01
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#AF7000
Less saturated −25%#94691B

Channel breakdown

R170
G111
B5
Red170 (66.7%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue5 (2%)
Hue38.55°
Saturation (HSL)94.29%
Lightness34.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G 6F · B 05

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