Recognised as Colour

#AE8640

#AE8640
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Peru

#AE8640 is a orange with RGB values 174, 134, 64 and HSL 38°, 46%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#AE8640#AE8640

HEX#AE8640

RGBrgb(174, 134, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.5255, 0.251

RGB percentages68.2%, 52.5%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(38.2, 46.2%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(38.2, 63.2%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 23%, 63.2%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,437,632

CSS custom property--colour: #AE8640;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26419WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.28:1

Contrast with white3.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.28:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#898989

Inverted#5179BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#968739no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original

Deuteranopia#9F9142no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original

Tritanopia#BC7A76no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 15.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.1 Sandy brown · ΔE 22.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.4 Burlywood · ΔE 22.5 Tan · ΔE 24.8

Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 15.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4068AE

Analogous#AE4F40, #9FAE40

Triadic#40AE86, #8640AE

Split complementary#409FAE, #4F40AE

Tetradic#40AE4F, #4068AE, #AE409F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDE1CD

Lighter +30%#DFCBA8

Lighter +20%#D1B583

Lighter +10%#C49E5D

Darker −10%#896932

Darker −20%#634D25

Darker −30%#3E3017

Darker −40%#191309

More saturated +25%#CC8E22

Less saturated −25%#907E5E

Channel breakdown

R174

G134

B64

Red174 (68.2%)

Green134 (52.5%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue38.18°

Saturation (HSL)46.22%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 86 · B 40

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