Colour

#C55300

#C55300
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#C55300 is a orange with RGB values 197, 83, 0 and HSL 25°, 100%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#C55300#C55300

HEX#C55300

RGBrgb(197, 83, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.3255, 0

RGB percentages77.3%, 32.5%, 0%

HSLhsl(25.3, 100%, 38.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(25.3, 100%, 77.3%)

CMYK0%, 57.9%, 100%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,931,840

CSS custom property--colour: #C55300;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18057WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness125.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.61:1

Contrast with white4.55:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.61:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#656565

Inverted#3AACFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#746600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48 from the original

Deuteranopia#908000no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original

Tritanopia#D93647no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 8.8 Coral · ΔE 21.5 Tomato · ΔE 23.7 Dark orange · ΔE 26.3 Peru · ΔE 26.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 8.78, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0072C5

Analogous#C5000F, #C5B600

Triadic#00C553, #5300C5

Split complementary#00C5B5, #0010C5

Tetradic#0FC500, #0072C5, #B500C5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFC092

Lighter +30%#FFA25F

Lighter +20%#FF852C

Lighter +10%#F86800

Darker −10%#923E00

Darker −20%#5F2800

Darker −30%#2C1300

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C55300

Less saturated −25%#AC5719

Channel breakdown

R197

G83

Red197 (77.3%)

Green83 (32.5%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue25.28°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness38.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C5 · G 53 · B 00

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