Recognised as Colour

#AD572E

#AD572E
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#AD572E is a orange with RGB values 173, 87, 46 and HSL 19°, 58%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#AD572E#AD572E

HEX#AD572E

RGBrgb(173, 87, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.3412, 0.1804

RGB percentages67.8%, 34.1%, 18%

HSLhsl(19.4, 58%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(19.4, 73.4%, 67.8%)

CMYK0%, 49.7%, 73.4%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,360,046

CSS custom property--colour: #AD572E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15898WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness116.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.02:1

Contrast with white5.02:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#666666

Inverted#52A8D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6F6329no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#84762Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original

Tritanopia#BE454Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 5.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 11.1 Peru · ΔE 20.4 Chocolate · ΔE 20.6 Brown · ΔE 21.7 Indian red · ΔE 22.2

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 5.29, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2E84AD

Analogous#AD2E44, #AD972E

Triadic#2EAD57, #572EAD

Split complementary#2EAD97, #2E44AD

Tetradic#44AD2E, #2E84AD, #972EAD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDCBBA

Lighter +30%#E2AC92

Lighter +20%#D78D6A

Lighter +10%#CD6E41

Darker −10%#854323

Darker −20%#5C2E19

Darker −30%#341A0E

Darker −40%#0C0603

More saturated +25%#C84D13

Less saturated −25%#926149

Channel breakdown

R173

G87

B46

Red173 (67.8%)

Green87 (34.1%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue19.37°

Saturation (HSL)57.99%

Lightness42.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AD · G 57 · B 2E

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