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Recognised as Colour

#AA7B40

  • #AA7B40
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Peru

#AA7B40 is a orange with RGB values 170, 123, 64 and HSL 33°, 45%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#AA7B40#AA7B40
HEX#AA7B40
RGBrgb(170, 123, 64)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.4824, 0.251
RGB percentages66.7%, 48.2%, 25.1%
HSLhsl(33.4, 45.3%, 45.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(33.4, 62.4%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 27.6%, 62.4%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,172,672
CSS custom property--colour: #AA7B40;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23082WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.62:1
Contrast with white3.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#5584BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8B7D3Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#968941no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B86F6Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.74:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 14.7Sienna · ΔE 21.1Saddle brown · ΔE 23Sandy brown · ΔE 23.2Burlywood · ΔE 24.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 14.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#406FAA
Analogous#AA4640, #A4AA40
Triadic#40AA7B, #7B40AA
Split complementary#40A4AA, #4640AA
Tetradic#40AA46, #406FAA, #AA40A4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBDDCB
Lighter +30%#DDC5A6
Lighter +20%#CFAC81
Lighter +10%#C1945C
Darker −10%#856032
Darker −20%#604524
Darker −30%#3B2B16
Darker −40%#161008
More saturated +25%#C77E23
Less saturated −25%#8D785D

Channel breakdown

R170
G123
B64
Red170 (66.7%)
Green123 (48.2%)
Blue64 (25.1%)
Hue33.4°
Saturation (HSL)45.3%
Lightness45.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G 7B · B 40

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