Colour

#C74E06

#C74E06
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#C74E06 is a orange with RGB values 199, 78, 6 and HSL 22°, 94%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#C74E06#C74E06

HEX#C74E06

RGBrgb(199, 78, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.3059, 0.0235

RGB percentages78%, 30.6%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(22.4, 94.1%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(22.4, 97%, 78%)

CMYK0%, 60.8%, 97%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,061,638

CSS custom property--colour: #C74E06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17604WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.65:1

Contrast with white4.65:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.52:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#636363

Inverted#38B1F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#726300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#8F7F00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.1 from the original

Tritanopia#DB2D43no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 11.1 Coral · ΔE 21 Tomato · ΔE 21.3 Firebrick · ΔE 24.7 Orange red · ΔE 26.3 Dark red · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 11.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#067FC7

Analogous#C7061E, #C7AF06

Triadic#06C74E, #4E06C7

Split complementary#06C7AE, #061FC7

Tetradic#1FC706, #067FC7, #AE06C7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCC09D

Lighter +30%#FBA16B

Lighter +20%#F9813A

Lighter +10%#F86208

Darker −10%#953B05

Darker −20%#642703

Darker −30%#321402

Darker −40%#010000

More saturated +25%#CD4C00

Less saturated −25%#AD5520

Channel breakdown

R199

G78

Red199 (78%)

Green78 (30.6%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue22.38°

Saturation (HSL)94.15%

Lightness40.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C7 · G 4E · B 06

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