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Recognised as Colour

#AD770B

  • #AD770B
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#AD770B is a orange with RGB values 173, 119, 11 and HSL 40°, 88%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#AD770B#AD770B
HEX#AD770B
RGBrgb(173, 119, 11)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.4667, 0.0431
RGB percentages67.8%, 46.7%, 4.3%
HSLhsl(40, 88%, 36.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(40, 93.6%, 67.8%)
CMYK0%, 31.2%, 93.6%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,368,203
CSS custom property--colour: #AD770B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22102WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.42:1
Contrast with white3.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.42:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B
Inverted#5288F4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8B7A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original
Deuteranopia#978712no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Tritanopia#BD6865no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.87:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 7.5Peru · ΔE 15.3Goldenrod · ΔE 20.2Chocolate · ΔE 23.9Sandy brown · ΔE 25Olive · ΔE 26.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 7.47, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0B41AD
Analogous#AD260B, #92AD0B
Triadic#0BAD77, #770BAD
Split complementary#0B92AD, #260BAD
Tetradic#0BAD26, #0B41AD, #AD0B92

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8D48C
Lighter +30%#F5C25C
Lighter +20%#F2B02C
Lighter +10%#DD980E
Darker −10%#7D5608
Darker −20%#4D3505
Darker −30%#1D1402
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#B87B00
Less saturated −25%#966F22

Channel breakdown

R173
G119
B11
Red173 (67.8%)
Green119 (46.7%)
Blue11 (4.3%)
Hue40°
Saturation (HSL)88.04%
Lightness36.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AD · G 77 · B 0B

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