Recognised as Colour

#AA7927

#AA7927
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Peru

#AA7927 is a orange with RGB values 170, 121, 39 and HSL 38°, 63%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#AA7927#AA7927

HEX#AA7927

RGBrgb(170, 121, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.4745, 0.1529

RGB percentages66.7%, 47.5%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(37.6, 62.7%, 41%)

HSV / HSBhsv(37.6, 77.1%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 28.8%, 77.1%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,172,135

CSS custom property--colour: #AA7927;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22367WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness131.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.47:1

Contrast with white3.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.47:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D

Inverted#5586D8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8B7B1Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#97872Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B96C69no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.84:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 12.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 13.8 Sandy brown · ΔE 22.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 24.2 Sienna · ΔE 25.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.2

Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 12.43, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2758AA

Analogous#AA3827, #99AA27

Triadic#27AA79, #7927AA

Split complementary#279AAA, #3727AA

Tetradic#27AA37, #2758AA, #AA279A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDD6B0

Lighter +30%#E3C187

Lighter +20%#DAAB5D

Lighter +10%#D09634

Darker −10%#815B1D

Darker −20%#573E14

Darker −30%#2E200A

Darker −40%#040301

More saturated +25%#C4800D

Less saturated −25%#907241

Channel breakdown

R170

G121

B39

Red170 (66.7%)

Green121 (47.5%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue37.56°

Saturation (HSL)62.68%

Lightness40.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 79 · B 27

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