Recognised as Colour

#997C3B

#997C3B
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Peru

#997C3B is a orange with RGB values 153, 124, 59 and HSL 41°, 44%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#997C3B#997C3B

HEX#997C3B

RGBrgb(153, 124, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.4863, 0.2314

RGB percentages60%, 48.6%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(41.5, 44.3%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(41.5, 61.4%, 60%)

CMYK0%, 19%, 61.4%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,058,811

CSS custom property--colour: #997C3B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21503WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness128.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.3:1

Contrast with white3.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.3:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D

Inverted#6683C4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#897B35no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#90833Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original

Tritanopia#A5726Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.96:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 21.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.3 Olive · ΔE 24.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 25.2 Burlywood · ΔE 25.5 Tan · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 21.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3B5899

Analogous#994D3B, #87993B

Triadic#3B997C, #7C3B99

Split complementary#3B8799, #4D3B99

Tetradic#3B994D, #3B5899, #993B87

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E5D8BB

Lighter +30%#D7C396

Lighter +20%#C8AE72

Lighter +10%#BA984D

Darker −10%#745E2D

Darker −20%#4F401F

Darker −30%#2B2310

Darker −40%#060502

More saturated +25%#B38621

Less saturated −25%#7E7256

Channel breakdown

R153

G124

B59

Red153 (60%)

Green124 (48.6%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue41.49°

Saturation (HSL)44.34%

Lightness41.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 99 · G 7C · B 3B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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