Recognised as Colour

#AA7A0B

#AA7A0B
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#AA7A0B is a orange with RGB values 170, 122, 11 and HSL 42°, 88%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#AA7A0B

RGBrgb(170, 122, 11)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.4784, 0.0431

RGB percentages66.7%, 47.8%, 4.3%

HSLhsl(41.9, 87.8%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(41.9, 93.5%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 28.2%, 93.5%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,172,363

CSS custom property--colour: #AA7A0B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22489WCAG 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 5.5:1

Contrast with white3.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.5:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C

Inverted#5585F4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8D7B00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#988714no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original

Tritanopia#BA6C68no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.82:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 6.3 Peru · ΔE 17.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.3 Olive · ΔE 23.3 Sandy brown · ΔE 26.1 Chocolate · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 6.28, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0B3BAA

Analogous#AA2B0B, #8BAA0B

Triadic#0BAA7A, #7A0BAA

Split complementary#0B8BAA, #2A0BAA

Tetradic#0BAA2A, #0B3BAA, #AA0B8B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7D68A

Lighter +30%#F4C65A

Lighter +20%#F1B52A

Lighter +10%#DA9C0E

Darker −10%#7A5808

Darker −20%#4A3505

Darker −30%#1A1302

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B57E00

Less saturated −25%#937122

Channel breakdown

R170

G122

B11

Red170 (66.7%)

Green122 (47.8%)

Blue11 (4.3%)

Hue41.89°

Saturation (HSL)87.85%

Lightness35.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 7A · B 0B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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