Recognised as Colour

#AB9977

#AB9977
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#AB9977 is a orange with RGB values 171, 153, 119 and HSL 39°, 24%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#AB9977#AB9977

HEX#AB9977

RGBrgb(171, 153, 119)

RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.6, 0.4667

RGB percentages67.1%, 60%, 46.7%

HSLhsl(39.2, 23.6%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(39.2, 30.4%, 67.1%)

CMYK0%, 10.5%, 30.4%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,245,943

CSS custom property--colour: #AB9977;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32772WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness155.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.55:1

Contrast with white2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A

Inverted#546688

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A29875no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A69D78no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Tritanopia#B49390no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 12.3 Burlywood · ΔE 17.2 Rosy brown · ΔE 20.8 Dark grey · ΔE 21 Gray · ΔE 22.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 12.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7789AB

Analogous#AB7F77, #A3AB77

Triadic#77AB99, #9977AB

Split complementary#77A3AB, #7F77AB

Tetradic#77AB7F, #7789AB, #AB77A3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9F8F5

Lighter +30%#E5E0D6

Lighter +20%#D2C8B6

Lighter +10%#BEB197

Darker −10%#94805B

Darker −20%#746548

Darker −30%#554934

Darker −40%#352E21

More saturated +25%#C6A15C

Less saturated −25%#919191

Channel breakdown

R171

G153

B119

Red171 (67.1%)

Green153 (60%)

Blue119 (46.7%)

Hue39.23°

Saturation (HSL)23.64%

Lightness56.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AB · G 99 · B 77

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