Recognised as Colour

#AA752B

#AA752B
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Peru

#AA752B is a orange with RGB values 170, 117, 43 and HSL 35°, 60%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#AA752B#AA752B

HEX#AA752B

RGBrgb(170, 117, 43)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.4588, 0.1686

RGB percentages66.7%, 45.9%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(35, 59.6%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(35, 74.7%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 31.2%, 74.7%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,171,115

CSS custom property--colour: #AA752B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21443WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness130 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.29:1

Contrast with white3.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.29:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B

Inverted#558AD4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#877821no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#94852Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original

Tritanopia#B96866no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.97:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 11.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 21.2 Sienna · ΔE 21.5 Sandy brown · ΔE 22.4 Chocolate · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 11.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2B60AA

Analogous#AA362B, #9FAA2B

Triadic#2BAA75, #752BAA

Split complementary#2B9FAA, #352BAA

Tetradic#2BAA36, #2B60AA, #AA2BA0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECD5B5

Lighter +30%#E2BE8C

Lighter +20%#D8A763

Lighter +10%#CD903B

Darker −10%#815921

Darker −20%#593D16

Darker −30%#30210C

Darker −40%#070502

More saturated +25%#C57910

Less saturated −25%#8F7146

Channel breakdown

R170

G117

B43

Red170 (66.7%)

Green117 (45.9%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue34.96°

Saturation (HSL)59.62%

Lightness41.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 75 · B 2B

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