Recognised as Colour

#AE6B11

#AE6B11
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Peru

#AE6B11 is a orange with RGB values 174, 107, 17 and HSL 34°, 82%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#AE6B11#AE6B11

HEX#AE6B11

RGBrgb(174, 107, 17)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.4196, 0.0667

RGB percentages68.2%, 42%, 6.7%

HSLhsl(34.4, 82.2%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(34.4, 90.2%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 38.5%, 90.2%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,430,673

CSS custom property--colour: #AE6B11;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19555WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness125.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.91:1

Contrast with white4.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.91:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#737373

Inverted#5194EE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#817100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original

Deuteranopia#908113no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original

Tritanopia#BF5B5Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 12.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.3 Chocolate · ΔE 17.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 20.6 Sienna · ΔE 22.6 Sandy brown · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 12.63, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1154AE

Analogous#AE1C11, #A3AE11

Triadic#11AE6B, #6B11AE

Split complementary#11A3AE, #1C11AE

Tetradic#11AE1C, #1154AE, #AE11A3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5CC96

Lighter +30%#F0B668

Lighter +20%#ECA039

Lighter +10%#DC8816

Darker −10%#804E0C

Darker −20%#513208

Darker −30%#231503

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BF6D00

Less saturated −25%#966829

Channel breakdown

R174

G107

B17

Red174 (68.2%)

Green107 (42%)

Blue17 (6.7%)

Hue34.39°

Saturation (HSL)82.2%

Lightness37.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 6B · B 11

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Colour values

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