Recognised as Colour

#AD550D

#AD550D
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#AD550D is a orange with RGB values 173, 85, 13 and HSL 27°, 86%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#AD550D#AD550D

HEX#AD550D

RGBrgb(173, 85, 13)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.3333, 0.051

RGB percentages67.8%, 33.3%, 5.1%

HSLhsl(27, 86%, 36.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(27, 92.5%, 67.8%)

CMYK0%, 50.9%, 92.5%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,359,501

CSS custom property--colour: #AD550D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1541WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness114.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.14:1

Contrast with white5.14:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#636363

Inverted#52AAF2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6F6100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#847509no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37 from the original

Tritanopia#BE4149no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.08:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 11.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 15.2 Sienna · ΔE 16.9 Peru · ΔE 19.3 Coral · ΔE 25.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.8

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 11.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0D65AD

Analogous#AD0D15, #ADA50D

Triadic#0DAD55, #550DAD

Split complementary#0DADA5, #0D15AD

Tetradic#15AD0D, #0D65AD, #A50DAD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7BE8F

Lighter +30%#F3A260

Lighter +20%#EF8631

Lighter +10%#DC6C11

Darker −10%#7E3E09

Darker −20%#4E2606

Darker −30%#1F0F02

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BA5400

Less saturated −25%#965724

Channel breakdown

R173

G85

B13

Red173 (67.8%)

Green85 (33.3%)

Blue13 (5.1%)

Hue27°

Saturation (HSL)86.02%

Lightness36.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AD · G 55 · B 0D

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