Colour

#C55516

#C55516
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#C55516 is a orange with RGB values 197, 85, 22 and HSL 22°, 80%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

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HEX#C55516

RGBrgb(197, 85, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.3333, 0.0863

RGB percentages77.3%, 33.3%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(21.6, 79.9%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(21.6, 88.8%, 77.3%)

CMYK0%, 56.9%, 88.8%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,932,374

CSS custom property--colour: #C55516;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18425WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.69:1

Contrast with white4.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.69:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#686868

Inverted#3AAAE9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#756706no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#918110no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.2 from the original

Tritanopia#D93A4Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 8.1 Coral · ΔE 18.8 Tomato · ΔE 21.5 Sienna · ΔE 23 Saddle brown · ΔE 23.7 Firebrick · ΔE 24.1

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 8.13, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1686C5

Analogous#C5162E, #C5AD16

Triadic#16C555, #5516C5

Split complementary#16C5AD, #162EC5

Tetradic#2EC516, #1686C5, #AD16C5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6CAB1

Lighter +30%#F1AB83

Lighter +20%#EC8B55

Lighter +10%#E76C27

Darker −10%#974111

Darker −20%#692D0C

Darker −30%#3B1A07

Darker −40%#0D0602

More saturated +25%#DB4F00

Less saturated −25%#AA5D31

Channel breakdown

R197

G85

B22

Red197 (77.3%)

Green85 (33.3%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue21.6°

Saturation (HSL)79.91%

Lightness42.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C5 · G 55 · B 16

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