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Colour

#AE5F36

  • #AE5F36
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sienna

#AE5F36 is a orange with RGB values 174, 95, 54 and HSL 21°, 53%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#AE5F36#AE5F36
HEX#AE5F36
RGBrgb(174, 95, 54)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.3725, 0.2118
RGB percentages68.2%, 37.3%, 21.2%
HSLhsl(20.5, 52.6%, 44.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(20.5, 69%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 45.4%, 69%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,427,638
CSS custom property--colour: #AE5F36;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17449WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.68:1
Contrast with white4.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#51A0C9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#756932no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#887B35no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original
Tritanopia#BE4F56no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.68:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.49:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 5.3Saddle brown · ΔE 12.2Peru · ΔE 18.4Indian red · ΔE 22.5Chocolate · ΔE 22.6Dark salmon · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 5.26, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3685AE
Analogous#AE3649, #AE9B36
Triadic#36AE5F, #5F36AE
Split complementary#36AE9B, #3649AE
Tetradic#49AE36, #3685AE, #9B36AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDD2C3
Lighter +30%#E0B49D
Lighter +20%#D49676
Lighter +10%#C8784F
Darker −10%#874A2A
Darker −20%#60351E
Darker −30%#391F12
Darker −40%#120A06
More saturated +25%#CB561A
Less saturated −25%#926853

Channel breakdown

R174
G95
B54
Red174 (68.2%)
Green95 (37.3%)
Blue54 (21.2%)
Hue20.5°
Saturation (HSL)52.63%
Lightness44.71%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G 5F · B 36

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