Colour

#AC5A2E

#AC5A2E
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#AC5A2E is a orange with RGB values 172, 90, 46 and HSL 21°, 58%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

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HEX#AC5A2E

RGBrgb(172, 90, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.3529, 0.1804

RGB percentages67.5%, 35.3%, 18%

HSLhsl(21, 57.8%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(21, 73.3%, 67.5%)

CMYK0%, 47.7%, 73.3%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,295,278

CSS custom property--colour: #AC5A2E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1628WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness117.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.93:1

Contrast with white4.93:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#686868

Inverted#53A5D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#716529no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#85772Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original

Tritanopia#BC4950no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.26:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 5.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 10.6 Peru · ΔE 18.8 Chocolate · ΔE 20.5 Indian red · ΔE 23.6 Brown · ΔE 23.7

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 5.28, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2E80AC

Analogous#AC2E41, #AC992E

Triadic#2EAC5A, #5A2EAC

Split complementary#2EAC99, #2E41AC

Tetradic#41AC2E, #2E80AC, #992EAC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECCBBA

Lighter +30%#E2AD91

Lighter +20%#D78F69

Lighter +10%#CC7141

Darker −10%#844523

Darker −20%#5C3018

Darker −30%#331B0E

Darker −40%#0B0603

More saturated +25%#C75213

Less saturated −25%#916249

Channel breakdown

R172

G90

B46

Red172 (67.5%)

Green90 (35.3%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue20.95°

Saturation (HSL)57.8%

Lightness42.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AC · G 5A · B 2E

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