Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#C28E28

  • #C28E28
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#C28E28 is a orange with RGB values 194, 142, 40 and HSL 40°, 66%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#C28E28#C28E28
HEX#C28E28
RGBrgb(194, 142, 40)
RGB (0–1)0.7608, 0.5569, 0.1569
RGB percentages76.1%, 55.7%, 15.7%
HSLhsl(39.7, 65.8%, 45.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(39.7, 79.4%, 76.1%)
CMYK0%, 26.8%, 79.4%, 23.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,750,376
CSS custom property--colour: #C28E28;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30969WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.19:1
Contrast with white2.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#3D71D7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A28F14no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original
Deuteranopia#AF9C2Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original
Tritanopia#D37F7Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.92:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 5.8Goldenrod · ΔE 13.8Peru · ΔE 14.8Sandy brown · ΔE 20.3Olive · ΔE 25.9Chocolate · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 5.78, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#285CC2
Analogous#C24128, #A9C228
Triadic#28C28E, #8E28C2
Split complementary#28A9C2, #4128C2
Tetradic#28C241, #285CC2, #C228A9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3E3C3
Lighter +30%#EACF99
Lighter +20%#E1BB6F
Lighter +10%#D9A744
Darker −10%#986F1F
Darker −20%#6D5017
Darker −30%#43310E
Darker −40%#191205
More saturated +25%#DF970B
Less saturated −25%#A58545

Channel breakdown

R194
G142
B40
Red194 (76.1%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue40 (15.7%)
Hue39.74°
Saturation (HSL)65.81%
Lightness45.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C2 · G 8E · B 28

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

Every value on this page was computed from “c28e28” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.