Colour

#AA8D49

#AA8D49
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#AA8D49 is a orange with RGB values 170, 141, 73 and HSL 42°, 40%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#AA8D49

RGBrgb(170, 141, 73)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5529, 0.2863

RGB percentages66.7%, 55.3%, 28.6%

HSLhsl(42.1, 39.9%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(42.1, 57.1%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 17.1%, 57.1%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,177,289

CSS custom property--colour: #AA8D49;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28077WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.62:1

Contrast with white3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.62:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#5572B6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9B8C43no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#A2944Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Tritanopia#B7837Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 17.6 Burlywood · ΔE 20.2 Peru · ΔE 20.6 Tan · ΔE 21.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24 Olive · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 17.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4966AA

Analogous#AA5D49, #96AA49

Triadic#49AA8D, #8D49AA

Split complementary#4996AA, #5D49AA

Tetradic#49AA5D, #4966AA, #AA4996

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECE5D3

Lighter +30%#DDCFAF

Lighter +20%#CDBA8C

Lighter +10%#BEA468

Darker −10%#866F3A

Darker −20%#63522A

Darker −30%#3F341B

Darker −40%#1B170C

More saturated +25%#C8992B

Less saturated −25%#8C8167

Channel breakdown

R170

G141

B73

Red170 (66.7%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue73 (28.6%)

Hue42.06°

Saturation (HSL)39.92%

Lightness47.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 8D · B 49

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