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Recognised as Colour

#C78E56

  • #C78E56
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Peru

#C78E56 is a orange with RGB values 199, 142, 86 and HSL 30°, 50%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#C78E56#C78E56
HEX#C78E56
RGBrgb(199, 142, 86)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.5569, 0.3373
RGB percentages78%, 55.7%, 33.7%
HSLhsl(29.7, 50.2%, 55.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(29.7, 56.8%, 78%)
CMYK0%, 28.6%, 56.8%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,078,102
CSS custom property--colour: #C78E56;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3216WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.43:1
Contrast with white2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#3871A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A09251no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#AE9F57no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Tritanopia#D78181no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 11.6Sandy brown · ΔE 15.5Dark salmon · ΔE 17.6Burlywood · ΔE 17.9Light salmon · ΔE 19.9Tan · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 11.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#568FC7
Analogous#C75657, #C7C756
Triadic#56C78E, #8E56C7
Split complementary#56C7C6, #5657C7
Tetradic#57C756, #568FC7, #C656C7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAF4EF
Lighter +30%#EDDBC9
Lighter +20%#E0C1A3
Lighter +10%#D4A87C
Darker −10%#B0743A
Darker −20%#895B2E
Darker −30%#634221
Darker −40%#3D2814
More saturated +25%#E38E3A
Less saturated −25%#AB8E72

Channel breakdown

R199
G142
B86
Red199 (78%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue86 (33.7%)
Hue29.73°
Saturation (HSL)50.22%
Lightness55.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C7 · G 8E · B 56

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