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Recognised as Colour

#AE491A

  • #AE491A
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sienna

#AE491A is a orange with RGB values 174, 73, 26 and HSL 19°, 74%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#AE491A#AE491A
HEX#AE491A
RGBrgb(174, 73, 26)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.2863, 0.102
RGB percentages68.2%, 28.6%, 10.2%
HSLhsl(19.1, 74%, 39.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(19.1, 85.1%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 58%, 85.1%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,421,978
CSS custom property--colour: #AE491A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13838WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness110.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.57:1
Contrast with white5.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B
Inverted#51B6E5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#665A12no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#7F7116no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Tritanopia#C03140no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.57:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.77:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 14Saddle brown · ΔE 14.9Chocolate · ΔE 16.3Firebrick · ΔE 19.5Brown · ΔE 19.9Dark red · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 14.04, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1A7FAE
Analogous#AE1A35, #AE931A
Triadic#1AAE49, #491AAE
Split complementary#1AAE93, #1A35AE
Tetradic#35AE1A, #1A7FAE, #931AAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1BCA3
Lighter +30%#EB9B76
Lighter +20%#E47B4A
Lighter +10%#DA5C21
Darker −10%#823613
Darker −20%#55240D
Darker −30%#291106
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#C74001
Less saturated −25%#955233

Channel breakdown

R174
G73
B26
Red174 (68.2%)
Green73 (28.6%)
Blue26 (10.2%)
Hue19.05°
Saturation (HSL)74%
Lightness39.22%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G 49 · B 1A

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