Recognised as Colour

#AE8042

#AE8042
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Peru

#AE8042 is a orange with RGB values 174, 128, 66 and HSL 34°, 45%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#AE8042#AE8042

HEX#AE8042

RGBrgb(174, 128, 66)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.502, 0.2588

RGB percentages68.2%, 50.2%, 25.9%

HSLhsl(34.4, 45%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(34.4, 62.1%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 26.4%, 62.1%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,436,098

CSS custom property--colour: #AE8042;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2483WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness138.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.97:1

Contrast with white3.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.97:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#858585

Inverted#517FBD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#90823Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#9B8D44no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original

Tritanopia#BC7472no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.52:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 14 Sandy brown · ΔE 22 Burlywood · ΔE 22.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.9 Sienna · ΔE 23 Tan · ΔE 24.6

Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 13.96, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4270AE

Analogous#AE4A42, #A6AE42

Triadic#42AE80, #8042AE

Split complementary#42A6AE, #4A42AE

Tetradic#42AE4A, #4270AE, #AE42A6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDE0CF

Lighter +30%#DFC8AA

Lighter +20%#D1B185

Lighter +10%#C39960

Darker −10%#896534

Darker −20%#644A26

Darker −30%#3F2E18

Darker −40%#1A130A

More saturated +25%#CC8424

Less saturated −25%#907C60

Channel breakdown

R174

G128

B66

Red174 (68.2%)

Green128 (50.2%)

Blue66 (25.9%)

Hue34.44°

Saturation (HSL)45%

Lightness47.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 80 · B 42

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