Recognised as Colour

#C59D8F

#C59D8F
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Rosy brown

#C59D8F is a orange with RGB values 197, 157, 143 and HSL 16°, 32%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#C59D8F#C59D8F

HEX#C59D8F

RGBrgb(197, 157, 143)

RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.6157, 0.5608

RGB percentages77.3%, 61.6%, 56.1%

HSLhsl(15.6, 31.8%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(15.6, 27.4%, 77.3%)

CMYK0%, 20.3%, 27.4%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,950,927

CSS custom property--colour: #C59D8F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37967WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness168.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.59:1

Contrast with white2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4

Inverted#3A6270

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A6A18Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#B0A98Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original

Tritanopia#CF9799no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 8.8 Tan · ΔE 15.5 Dark grey · ΔE 18.2 Burlywood · ΔE 20.1 Silver · ΔE 20.6 Dark salmon · ΔE 21.4

Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 8.82, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8FB7C5

Analogous#C58F9C, #C5B88F

Triadic#8FC59D, #9D8FC5

Split complementary#8FC5B8, #8F9CC5

Tetradic#9CC58F, #8FB7C5, #B88FC5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F5F4

Lighter +20%#E8D8D2

Lighter +10%#D6BAB1

Darker −10%#B4806D

Darker −20%#9D6551

Darker −30%#7B4F40

Darker −40%#5A3A2E

More saturated +25%#DA937A

Less saturated −25%#B0A7A4

Channel breakdown

R197

G157

B143

Red197 (77.3%)

Green157 (61.6%)

Blue143 (56.1%)

Hue15.56°

Saturation (HSL)31.76%

Lightness66.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C5 · G 9D · B 8F

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Colour values

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