Colour

#C77300

#C77300
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#C77300 is a orange with RGB values 199, 115, 0 and HSL 35°, 100%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#C77300#C77300

HEX#C77300

RGBrgb(199, 115, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.451, 0

RGB percentages78%, 45.1%, 0%

HSLhsl(34.7, 100%, 39%)

HSV / HSBhsv(34.7, 100%, 78%)

CMYK0%, 42.2%, 100%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,071,104

CSS custom property--colour: #C77300;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24404WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.88:1

Contrast with white3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.88:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D

Inverted#388CFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8D7C00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#A18F02no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original

Tritanopia#DA5F62no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 12.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.2 Peru · ΔE 17.4 Dark orange · ΔE 20.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.8 Orange · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 12.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0054C7

Analogous#C70F00, #B8C700

Triadic#00C773, #7300C7

Split complementary#00B8C7, #0F00C7

Tetradic#00C70F, #0054C7, #C700B8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFD294

Lighter +30%#FFBC61

Lighter +20%#FFA72E

Lighter +10%#FA9000

Darker −10%#945600

Darker −20%#613800

Darker −30%#2E1B00

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C77300

Less saturated −25%#AE6F19

Channel breakdown

R199

G115

Red199 (78%)

Green115 (45.1%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue34.67°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness39.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C7 · G 73 · B 00

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