Colour

#AE6825

#AE6825
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Peru

#AE6825 is a orange with RGB values 174, 104, 37 and HSL 29°, 65%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#AE6825#AE6825

HEX#AE6825

RGBrgb(174, 104, 37)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.4078, 0.1451

RGB percentages68.2%, 40.8%, 14.5%

HSLhsl(29.3, 64.9%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(29.3, 78.7%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 40.2%, 78.7%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,429,925

CSS custom property--colour: #AE6825;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19033WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.81:1

Contrast with white4.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.81:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#727272

Inverted#5197DA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7D6F1Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E7F25no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original

Tritanopia#BE585Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.37:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 11.1 Sienna · ΔE 15.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 15.1 Chocolate · ΔE 17.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.8 Sandy brown · ΔE 23.2

Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 11.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#256BAE

Analogous#AE2526, #AEAD25

Triadic#25AE68, #6825AE

Split complementary#25AEAC, #2527AE

Tetradic#27AE25, #256BAE, #AC25AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EECFB1

Lighter +30%#E5B587

Lighter +20%#DC9B5D

Lighter +10%#D48132

Darker −10%#844F1C

Darker −20%#5A3613

Darker −30%#301D0A

Darker −40%#060301

More saturated +25%#C8670B

Less saturated −25%#94693F

Channel breakdown

R174

G104

B37

Red174 (68.2%)

Green104 (40.8%)

Blue37 (14.5%)

Hue29.34°

Saturation (HSL)64.93%

Lightness41.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 68 · B 25

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