Recognised as Colour

#C74C00

#C74C00
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#C74C00 is a orange with RGB values 199, 76, 0 and HSL 23°, 100%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white 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#C74C00

RGBrgb(199, 76, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.298, 0

RGB percentages78%, 29.8%, 0%

HSLhsl(22.9, 100%, 39%)

HSV / HSBhsv(22.9, 100%, 78%)

CMYK0%, 61.8%, 100%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,061,120

CSS custom property--colour: #C74C00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17311WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness123.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.71:1

Contrast with white4.71:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#616161

Inverted#38B3FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#706200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E7E00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.9 from the original

Tritanopia#DB2941no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.46:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 12.2 Tomato · ΔE 21.7 Coral · ΔE 21.9 Orange red · ΔE 25.2 Firebrick · ΔE 25.2 Dark red · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 12.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#007BC7

Analogous#C70018, #C7B000

Triadic#00C74C, #4C00C7

Split complementary#00C7B0, #0018C7

Tetradic#18C700, #007BC7, #AF00C7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFBD94

Lighter +30%#FF9D61

Lighter +20%#FF7E2E

Lighter +10%#FA5F00

Darker −10%#943900

Darker −20%#612500

Darker −30%#2E1200

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C74C00

Less saturated −25%#AE5219

Channel breakdown

R199

G76

Red199 (78%)

Green76 (29.8%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue22.91°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness39.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C7 · G 4C · B 00

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