Colour

#C45B00

#C45B00
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#C45B00 is a orange with RGB values 196, 91, 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

#C45B00#C45B00

HEX#C45B00

RGBrgb(196, 91, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.7686, 0.3569, 0

RGB percentages76.9%, 35.7%, 0%

HSLhsl(27.9, 100%, 38.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(27.9, 100%, 76.9%)

CMYK0%, 53.6%, 100%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,868,352

CSS custom property--colour: #C45B00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19218WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.84:1

Contrast with white4.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.84:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B

Inverted#3BA4FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7A6A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43 from the original

Deuteranopia#938200no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.4 from the original

Tritanopia#D8424Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 6.1 Coral · ΔE 21.8 Peru · ΔE 23.3 Dark orange · ΔE 24.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 26.1 Tomato · ΔE 26.5

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 6.11, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0069C4

Analogous#C40007, #C4BD00

Triadic#00C45B, #5B00C4

Split complementary#00C4BD, #0007C4

Tetradic#07C400, #0069C4, #BD00C4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFC491

Lighter +30%#FFA95E

Lighter +20%#FF8D2B

Lighter +10%#F77300

Darker −10%#914300

Darker −20%#5E2C00

Darker −30%#2B1400

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C45B00

Less saturated −25%#AC5D18

Channel breakdown

R196

G91

Red196 (76.9%)

Green91 (35.7%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue27.86°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness38.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C4 · G 5B · B 00

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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