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Recognised as Colour

#997C51

  • #997C51
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Tan

#997C51 is a orange with RGB values 153, 124, 81 and HSL 36°, 31%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#997C51#997C51
HEX#997C51
RGBrgb(153, 124, 81)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.4863, 0.3176
RGB percentages60%, 48.6%, 31.8%
HSLhsl(35.8, 30.8%, 45.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(35.8, 47.1%, 60%)
CMYK0%, 19%, 47.1%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,058,833
CSS custom property--colour: #997C51;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21782WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.36:1
Contrast with white3.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.36:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#6683AE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#877C4Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8E8352no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A47471no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.92:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 21.4Burlywood · ΔE 23.4Rosy brown · ΔE 26Dark khaki · ΔE 26.8Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27Peru · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 21.43, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#516E99
Analogous#995851, #929951
Triadic#51997C, #7C5199
Split complementary#519299, #585199
Tetradic#519958, #516E99, #995192

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6DDD0
Lighter +30%#D4C5AF
Lighter +20%#C3AD8D
Lighter +10%#B1956C
Darker −10%#78613F
Darker −20%#56462E
Darker −30%#352B1C
Darker −40%#14100A
More saturated +25%#B68234
Less saturated −25%#7C766E

Channel breakdown

R153
G124
B81
Red153 (60%)
Green124 (48.6%)
Blue81 (31.8%)
Hue35.83°
Saturation (HSL)30.77%
Lightness45.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 99 · G 7C · B 51

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