Colour

#AA8B63

#AA8B63
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#AA8B63 is a orange with RGB values 170, 139, 99 and HSL 34°, 29%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#AA8B63#AA8B63

HEX#AA8B63

RGBrgb(170, 139, 99)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5451, 0.3882

RGB percentages66.7%, 54.5%, 38.8%

HSLhsl(33.8, 29.5%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(33.8, 41.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 18.2%, 41.8%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,176,803

CSS custom property--colour: #AA8B63;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27912WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness145.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.58:1

Contrast with white3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.58:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#55749C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#978C60no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#9E9364no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B58381no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 15.3 Burlywood · ΔE 17.7 Rosy brown · ΔE 22.4 Dark salmon · ΔE 24.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.3 Peru · ΔE 26.9

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 15.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6382AA

Analogous#AA6863, #A6AA63

Triadic#63AA8B, #8B63AA

Split complementary#63A5AA, #6863AA

Tetradic#63AA68, #6382AA, #AA63A5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2EDE7

Lighter +30%#E0D5C6

Lighter +20%#CEBCA5

Lighter +10%#BCA484

Darker −10%#8D714D

Darker −20%#6C573B

Darker −30%#4B3C29

Darker −40%#2A2217

More saturated +25%#C88F45

Less saturated −25%#8C8781

Channel breakdown

R170

G139

B99

Red170 (66.7%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue99 (38.8%)

Hue33.8°

Saturation (HSL)29.46%

Lightness52.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 8B · B 63

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