Recognised as Colour
#AE9C71
- #AE9C71
- Orange
- Dark
- Nearest: Tan
#AE9C71 is a orange with RGB values 174, 156, 113 and HSL 42°, 27%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.
Colour values
#AE9C71#AE9C71
HEX#AE9C71
RGBrgb(174, 156, 113)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6118, 0.4431
RGB percentages68.2%, 61.2%, 44.3%
HSLhsl(42.3, 27.4%, 56.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(42.3, 35.1%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 10.3%, 35.1%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,443,313
CSS custom property--colour: #AE9C71;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.33968WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.79:1
Contrast with white2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#51638E
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.79:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#7183AE
Analogous#AE7E71, #A1AE71
Triadic#71AE9C, #9C71AE
Split complementary#71A1AE, #7E71AE
Tetradic#71AE7E, #7183AE, #AE71A1
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R174
G156
B113
Red174 (68.2%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue113 (44.3%)
Hue42.3°
Saturation (HSL)27.35%
Lightness56.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G 9C · B 71
Keep nerding
Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.
Nerdulate something else
Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page