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Recognised as Colour

#AE4500

  • #AE4500
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Chocolate

#AE4500 is a orange with RGB values 174, 69, 0 and HSL 24°, 100%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#AE4500#AE4500
HEX#AE4500
RGBrgb(174, 69, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.2706, 0
RGB percentages68.2%, 27.1%, 0%
HSLhsl(23.8, 100%, 34.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(23.8, 100%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 60.3%, 100%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,420,928
CSS custom property--colour: #AE4500;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13255WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness108.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.75:1
Contrast with white5.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#565656
Inverted#51BAFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#645700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7D6F00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C0293Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.65:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 13.6Saddle brown · ΔE 19.7Sienna · ΔE 21.2Dark red · ΔE 22.2Firebrick · ΔE 22.7Maroon · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 13.6, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0069AE
Analogous#AE0012, #AE9C00
Triadic#00AE45, #4500AE
Split complementary#00AE9C, #0012AE
Tetradic#12AE00, #0069AE, #9C00AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFAF7B
Lighter +30%#FF9148
Lighter +20%#FF7215
Lighter +10%#E15900
Darker −10%#7B3100
Darker −20%#481D00
Darker −30%#150800
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#AE4500
Less saturated −25%#984A16

Channel breakdown

R174
G69
B0
Red174 (68.2%)
Green69 (27.1%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue23.79°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness34.12%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G 45 · B 00

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