Recognised as Colour

#AA8C70

#AA8C70
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#AA8C70 is a orange with RGB values 170, 140, 112 and HSL 29°, 25%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#AA8C70#AA8C70

HEX#AA8C70

RGBrgb(170, 140, 112)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.549, 0.4392

RGB percentages66.7%, 54.9%, 43.9%

HSLhsl(29, 25.4%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(29, 34.1%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 17.6%, 34.1%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,177,072

CSS custom property--colour: #AA8C70;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28472WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.69:1

Contrast with white3.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.69:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#55738F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#968D6Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#9D9470no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B48684no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 15.7 Rosy brown · ΔE 16.3 Burlywood · ΔE 19.9 Gray · ΔE 21.6 Dark grey · ΔE 22.4 Dark salmon · ΔE 24.6

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 15.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#708EAA

Analogous#AA7071, #AAA970

Triadic#70AA8C, #8C70AA

Split complementary#70AAA9, #7071AA

Tetradic#71AA70, #708EAA, #A970AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6F3F0

Lighter +30%#E3D9D0

Lighter +20%#D0BFB0

Lighter +10%#BDA690

Darker −10%#917256

Darker −20%#715943

Darker −30%#514030

Darker −40%#31271D

More saturated +25%#C78B54

Less saturated −25%#8E8D8D

Channel breakdown

R170

G140

B112

Red170 (66.7%)

Green140 (54.9%)

Blue112 (43.9%)

Hue28.97°

Saturation (HSL)25.44%

Lightness55.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 8C · B 70

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