Recognised as Colour

#AE5A00

#AE5A00
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#AE5A00 is a orange with RGB values 174, 90, 0 and HSL 31°, 100%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#AE5A00#AE5A00

HEX#AE5A00

RGBrgb(174, 90, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.3529, 0

RGB percentages68.2%, 35.3%, 0%

HSLhsl(31, 100%, 34.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(31, 100%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 48.3%, 100%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,426,304

CSS custom property--colour: #AE5A00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16311WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness117.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.93:1

Contrast with white4.93:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#656565

Inverted#51A5FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#736500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#877800no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original

Tritanopia#BF464Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.26:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 11.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 18.4 Peru · ΔE 18.5 Sienna · ΔE 20.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.9 Coral · ΔE 26.8

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 11.39, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0054AE

Analogous#AE0300, #ABAE00

Triadic#00AE5A, #5A00AE

Split complementary#00ABAE, #0300AE

Tetradic#00AE03, #0054AE, #AE00AB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFBF7B

Lighter +30%#FFA748

Lighter +20%#FF8E15

Lighter +10%#E17400

Darker −10%#7B4000

Darker −20%#482500

Darker −30%#150B00

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AE5A00

Less saturated −25%#985916

Channel breakdown

R174

G90

Red174 (68.2%)

Green90 (35.3%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue31.03°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness34.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 5A · B 00

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