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Recognised as Colour

#996C11

  • #996C11
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#996C11 is a orange with RGB values 153, 108, 17 and HSL 40°, 80%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#996C11#996C11
HEX#996C11
RGBrgb(153, 108, 17)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.4235, 0.0667
RGB percentages60%, 42.4%, 6.7%
HSLhsl(40.1, 80%, 33.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(40.1, 88.9%, 60%)
CMYK0%, 29.4%, 88.9%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,054,673
CSS custom property--colour: #996C11;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17538WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.66:1
Contrast with white4.66:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.51:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F
Inverted#6693EE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7D6E00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original
Deuteranopia#887916no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A75F5Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14.9Peru · ΔE 17.4Saddle brown · ΔE 22.6Olive · ΔE 24Sienna · ΔE 25.5Goldenrod · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 14.89, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#113E99
Analogous#992811, #829911
Triadic#11996C, #6C1199
Split complementary#118299, #281199
Tetradic#119928, #113E99, #991182

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1CD85
Lighter +30%#ECBB57
Lighter +20%#E7A829
Lighter +10%#C78C16
Darker −10%#6B4C0C
Darker −20%#3D2B07
Darker −30%#0F0B02
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#AA7200
Less saturated −25%#846526

Channel breakdown

R153
G108
B17
Red153 (60%)
Green108 (42.4%)
Blue17 (6.7%)
Hue40.15°
Saturation (HSL)80%
Lightness33.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 99 · G 6C · B 11

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