Colour

#AA8978

#AA8978
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Rosy brown

#AA8978 is a orange with RGB values 170, 137, 120 and HSL 20°, 23%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#AA8978#AA8978

HEX#AA8978

RGBrgb(170, 137, 120)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5373, 0.4706

RGB percentages66.7%, 53.7%, 47.1%

HSLhsl(20.4, 22.7%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(20.4, 29.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 19.4%, 29.4%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,176,312

CSS custom property--colour: #AA8978;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27793WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness145.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.56:1

Contrast with white3.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.56:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#557687

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#928C77no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#999378no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original

Tritanopia#B38484no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.2:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 10.8 Gray · ΔE 18.1 Tan · ΔE 19.2 Dark grey · ΔE 19.6 Dim grey · ΔE 22.9 Burlywood · ΔE 23.9

Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 10.84, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7899AA

Analogous#AA7880, #AAA278

Triadic#78AA89, #8978AA

Split complementary#78AAA2, #7880AA

Tetradic#80AA78, #7899AA, #A278AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9F6F5

Lighter +30%#E5DBD6

Lighter +20%#D1C0B7

Lighter +10%#BEA497

Darker −10%#936F5C

Darker −20%#735749

Darker −30%#544035

Darker −40%#352821

More saturated +25%#C5805D

Less saturated −25%#919191

Channel breakdown

R170

G137

B120

Red170 (66.7%)

Green137 (53.7%)

Blue120 (47.1%)

Hue20.4°

Saturation (HSL)22.73%

Lightness56.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 89 · B 78

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