Colour

#AA8979

#AA8979
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Rosy brown

#AA8979 is a orange with RGB values 170, 137, 121 and HSL 20°, 22%, 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

#AA8979#AA8979

HEX#AA8979

RGBrgb(170, 137, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5373, 0.4745

RGB percentages66.7%, 53.7%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(19.6, 22.4%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(19.6, 28.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 19.4%, 28.8%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,176,313

CSS custom property--colour: #AA8979;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27818WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146 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#557686

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#928C78no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#999379no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original

Tritanopia#B38485no 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 10.4 Gray · ΔE 17.8 Dark grey · ΔE 19.2 Tan · ΔE 19.5 Dim grey · ΔE 22.7 Burlywood · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 10.39, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#799AAA

Analogous#AA7982, #AAA279

Triadic#79AA89, #8979AA

Split complementary#79AAA1, #7982AA

Tetradic#82AA79, #799AAA, #A179AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9F7F6

Lighter +30%#E5DBD7

Lighter +20%#D2C0B7

Lighter +10%#BEA498

Darker −10%#936F5D

Darker −20%#745749

Darker −30%#544036

Darker −40%#352822

More saturated +25%#C5805E

Less saturated −25%#929292

Channel breakdown

R170

G137

B121

Red170 (66.7%)

Green137 (53.7%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue19.59°

Saturation (HSL)22.37%

Lightness57.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 89 · B 79

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