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Recognised as Colour

#C77E23

  • #C77E23
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Peru

#C77E23 is a orange with RGB values 199, 126, 35 and HSL 33°, 70%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#C77E23#C77E23
HEX#C77E23
RGBrgb(199, 126, 35)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.4941, 0.1373
RGB percentages78%, 49.4%, 13.7%
HSLhsl(33.3, 70.1%, 45.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(33.3, 82.4%, 78%)
CMYK0%, 36.7%, 82.4%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,073,955
CSS custom property--colour: #C77E23;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27185WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.44:1
Contrast with white3.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.44:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#3881DC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#968411no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A79525no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Tritanopia#DA6D6Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.26:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 9.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 12.9Chocolate · ΔE 15.9Sandy brown · ΔE 18.1Goldenrod · ΔE 21Dark orange · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 9.5, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#236CC7
Analogous#C72C23, #BEC723
Triadic#23C77E, #7E23C7
Split complementary#23BEC7, #2C23C7
Tetradic#23C72C, #236CC7, #C723BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4DEC2
Lighter +30%#EDC696
Lighter +20%#E5AF6B
Lighter +10%#DD9740
Darker −10%#9C631B
Darker −20%#704714
Darker −30%#452C0C
Darker −40%#1A1004
More saturated +25%#E48106
Less saturated −25%#AA7B40

Channel breakdown

R199
G126
B35
Red199 (78%)
Green126 (49.4%)
Blue35 (13.7%)
Hue33.29°
Saturation (HSL)70.09%
Lightness45.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C7 · G 7E · B 23

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