Recognised as Colour

#AE6827

#AE6827
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Peru

#AE6827 is a orange with RGB values 174, 104, 39 and HSL 29°, 63%, 42%. 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

#AE6827#AE6827

HEX#AE6827

RGBrgb(174, 104, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.4078, 0.1529

RGB percentages68.2%, 40.8%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(28.9, 63.4%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(28.9, 77.6%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 40.2%, 77.6%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,429,927

CSS custom property--colour: #AE6827;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19046WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.8 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#5197D8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7D6F1Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E7F27no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original

Tritanopia#BE585Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.7 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 11.2 Sienna · ΔE 14.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 14.8 Chocolate · ΔE 18.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.5 Sandy brown · ΔE 23.2

Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 11.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#276DAE

Analogous#AE2729, #AEAC27

Triadic#27AE68, #6827AE

Split complementary#27AEAC, #2729AE

Tetradic#29AE27, #276DAE, #AC27AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EECFB3

Lighter +30%#E5B589

Lighter +20%#DB9B60

Lighter +10%#D28136

Darker −10%#844F1E

Darker −20%#5B3614

Darker −30%#311D0B

Darker −40%#070402

More saturated +25%#C9670C

Less saturated −25%#936942

Channel breakdown

R174

G104

B39

Red174 (68.2%)

Green104 (40.8%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue28.89°

Saturation (HSL)63.38%

Lightness41.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 68 · B 27

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