Recognised as Colour

#AA7E40

#AA7E40
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Peru

#AA7E40 is a orange with RGB values 170, 126, 64 and HSL 35°, 45%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#AA7E40#AA7E40

HEX#AA7E40

RGBrgb(170, 126, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.4941, 0.251

RGB percentages66.7%, 49.4%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(35.1, 45.3%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(35.1, 62.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 25.9%, 62.4%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,173,440

CSS custom property--colour: #AA7E40;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23838WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness135.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.77:1

Contrast with white3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.77:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#838383

Inverted#5581BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8E803Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#988A42no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B87370no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 15 Sienna · ΔE 23 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.2 Sandy brown · ΔE 23.2 Burlywood · ΔE 23.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 24.6

Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 15.04, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#406CAA

Analogous#AA4940, #A1AA40

Triadic#40AA7E, #7E40AA

Split complementary#40A1AA, #4940AA

Tetradic#40AA49, #406CAA, #AA40A1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBDECB

Lighter +30%#DDC6A6

Lighter +20%#CFAF81

Lighter +10%#C1975C

Darker −10%#856332

Darker −20%#604724

Darker −30%#3B2C16

Darker −40%#161008

More saturated +25%#C78323

Less saturated −25%#8D795D

Channel breakdown

R170

G126

B64

Red170 (66.7%)

Green126 (49.4%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue35.09°

Saturation (HSL)45.3%

Lightness45.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 7E · B 40

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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