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Recognised as Colour

#AE6940

  • #AE6940
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sienna

#AE6940 is a orange with RGB values 174, 105, 64 and HSL 22°, 46%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#AE6940#AE6940
HEX#AE6940
RGBrgb(174, 105, 64)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.4118, 0.251
RGB percentages68.2%, 41.2%, 25.1%
HSLhsl(22.4, 46.2%, 46.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(22.4, 63.2%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 39.7%, 63.2%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,430,208
CSS custom property--colour: #AE6940;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19472WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.89:1
Contrast with white4.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.89:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#5196BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7C713Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8D8040no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Tritanopia#BD5C5Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.29:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 9.4Saddle brown · ΔE 15.5Peru · ΔE 17.3Dark salmon · ΔE 20.3Indian red · ΔE 24.5Light salmon · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 9.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4085AE
Analogous#AE404E, #AEA040
Triadic#40AE69, #6940AE
Split complementary#40AEA0, #404EAE
Tetradic#4EAE40, #4085AE, #A040AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDD9CD
Lighter +30%#DFBCA8
Lighter +20%#D1A083
Lighter +10%#C4845D
Darker −10%#895332
Darker −20%#633C25
Darker −30%#3E2617
Darker −40%#190F09
More saturated +25%#CC6122
Less saturated −25%#90715E

Channel breakdown

R174
G105
B64
Red174 (68.2%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue64 (25.1%)
Hue22.36°
Saturation (HSL)46.22%
Lightness46.67%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G 69 · B 40

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