Colour

#C45A00

#C45A00
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#C45A00 is a orange with RGB values 196, 90, 0 and HSL 28°, 100%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#C45A00#C45A00

HEX#C45A00

RGBrgb(196, 90, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.7686, 0.3529, 0

RGB percentages76.9%, 35.3%, 0%

HSLhsl(27.6, 100%, 38.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(27.6, 100%, 76.9%)

CMYK0%, 54.1%, 100%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,868,096

CSS custom property--colour: #C45A00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19048WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.81:1

Contrast with white4.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.81:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A

Inverted#3BA5FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#796A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#938200no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original

Tritanopia#D8404Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.37:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 6.3 Coral · ΔE 21.8 Peru · ΔE 23.7 Dark orange · ΔE 24.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 26.1 Tomato · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 6.32, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#006AC4

Analogous#C40008, #C4BC00

Triadic#00C45A, #5A00C4

Split complementary#00C4BC, #0008C4

Tetradic#08C400, #006AC4, #BC00C4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFC491

Lighter +30%#FFA85E

Lighter +20%#FF8C2B

Lighter +10%#F77100

Darker −10%#914300

Darker −20%#5E2B00

Darker −30%#2B1400

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C45A00

Less saturated −25%#AC5C18

Channel breakdown

R196

G90

Red196 (76.9%)

Green90 (35.3%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue27.55°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness38.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C4 · G 5A · B 00

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Colour values

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