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Recognised as Colour

#AE502C

  • #AE502C
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sienna

#AE502C is a orange with RGB values 174, 80, 44 and HSL 17°, 60%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#AE502C#AE502C
HEX#AE502C
RGBrgb(174, 80, 44)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.3137, 0.1725
RGB percentages68.2%, 31.4%, 17.3%
HSLhsl(16.6, 59.6%, 42.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(16.6, 74.7%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 54%, 74.7%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,423,788
CSS custom property--colour: #AE502C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14918WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.27:1
Contrast with white5.27:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#616161
Inverted#51AFD3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6A5F28no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40 from the original
Deuteranopia#81742Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Tritanopia#BF3C48no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.27:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.98:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 7.6Saddle brown · ΔE 12.7Brown · ΔE 17.8Indian red · ΔE 20.3Chocolate · ΔE 20.9Firebrick · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 7.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2C8AAE
Analogous#AE2C49, #AE912C
Triadic#2CAE50, #502CAE
Split complementary#2CAE91, #2C49AE
Tetradic#49AE2C, #2C8AAE, #912CAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDC7B9
Lighter +30%#E3A790
Lighter +20%#D98767
Lighter +10%#CE663F
Darker −10%#853D22
Darker −20%#5D2B17
Darker −30%#34180D
Darker −40%#0B0503
More saturated +25%#C94411
Less saturated −25%#935C47

Channel breakdown

R174
G80
B44
Red174 (68.2%)
Green80 (31.4%)
Blue44 (17.3%)
Hue16.62°
Saturation (HSL)59.63%
Lightness42.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G 50 · B 2C

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