Colour

#C54500

#C54500
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#C54500 is a orange with RGB values 197, 69, 0 and HSL 21°, 100%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#C54500#C54500

HEX#C54500

RGBrgb(197, 69, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.2706, 0

RGB percentages77.3%, 27.1%, 0%

HSLhsl(21, 100%, 38.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(21, 100%, 77.3%)

CMYK0%, 65%, 100%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,928,256

CSS custom property--colour: #C54500;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16127WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness120 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.97:1

Contrast with white4.97:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B

Inverted#3ABAFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6B5E00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#8B7B00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.1 from the original

Tritanopia#D91C3Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 14.8 Tomato · ΔE 21 Coral · ΔE 23 Firebrick · ΔE 23 Orange red · ΔE 24.2 Dark red · ΔE 25.5

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 14.8, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0080C5

Analogous#C5001E, #C5A800

Triadic#00C545, #4500C5

Split complementary#00C5A7, #001EC5

Tetradic#1DC500, #0080C5, #A700C5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFB892

Lighter +30%#FF975F

Lighter +20%#FF762C

Lighter +10%#F85700

Darker −10%#923300

Darker −20%#5F2100

Darker −30%#2C0F00

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C54500

Less saturated −25%#AC4C19

Channel breakdown

R197

G69

Red197 (77.3%)

Green69 (27.1%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue21.02°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness38.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C5 · G 45 · B 00

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