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Recognised as Colour

#AE7C18

  • #AE7C18
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#AE7C18 is a orange with RGB values 174, 124, 24 and HSL 40°, 76%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#AE7C18#AE7C18
HEX#AE7C18
RGBrgb(174, 124, 24)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.4863, 0.0941
RGB percentages68.2%, 48.6%, 9.4%
HSLhsl(40, 75.8%, 38.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(40, 86.2%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 28.7%, 86.2%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,435,032
CSS custom property--colour: #AE7C18;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2348WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.7:1
Contrast with white3.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#5183E7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F7E00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9B8A1Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Tritanopia#BE6E6Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.69:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 7.4Peru · ΔE 14.7Goldenrod · ΔE 19.8Sandy brown · ΔE 23.9Olive · ΔE 24.4Chocolate · ΔE 25.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 7.41, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#184AAE
Analogous#AE3118, #95AE18
Triadic#18AE7C, #7C18AE
Split complementary#1895AE, #3118AE
Tetradic#18AE31, #184AAE, #AE1895

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2D7A0
Lighter +30%#ECC473
Lighter +20%#E6B146
Lighter +10%#DB9C1E
Darker −10%#815C12
Darker −20%#543C0C
Darker −30%#281C05
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#C68400
Less saturated −25%#957431

Channel breakdown

R174
G124
B24
Red174 (68.2%)
Green124 (48.6%)
Blue24 (9.4%)
Hue40°
Saturation (HSL)75.76%
Lightness38.82%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G 7C · B 18

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