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Recognised as Colour

#AE6F22

  • #AE6F22
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Peru

#AE6F22 is a orange with RGB values 174, 111, 34 and HSL 33°, 67%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#AE6F22#AE6F22
HEX#AE6F22
RGBrgb(174, 111, 34)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.4353, 0.1333
RGB percentages68.2%, 43.5%, 13.3%
HSLhsl(33, 67.3%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(33, 80.5%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 36.2%, 80.5%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,431,714
CSS custom property--colour: #AE6F22;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20483WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.1:1
Contrast with white4.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.1:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#5190DD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#837415no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#928324no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Tritanopia#BE6060no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.12:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 10Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.9Saddle brown · ΔE 19.1Chocolate · ΔE 19.8Sienna · ΔE 19.9Sandy brown · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 9.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2261AE
Analogous#AE2922, #A7AE22
Triadic#22AE6F, #6F22AE
Split complementary#22A7AE, #2922AE
Tetradic#22AE29, #2261AE, #AE22A7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFD1AD
Lighter +30%#E7BA82
Lighter +20%#DEA258
Lighter +10%#D68A2D
Darker −10%#83541A
Darker −20%#593911
Darker −30%#2E1D09
Darker −40%#030201
More saturated +25%#C87208
Less saturated −25%#946C3C

Channel breakdown

R174
G111
B34
Red174 (68.2%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue34 (13.3%)
Hue33°
Saturation (HSL)67.31%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G 6F · B 22

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