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Recognised as Colour

#C8A139

  • #C8A139
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#C8A139 is a orange with RGB values 200, 161, 57 and HSL 44°, 57%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#C8A139#C8A139
HEX#C8A139
RGBrgb(200, 161, 57)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.6314, 0.2235
RGB percentages78.4%, 63.1%, 22.4%
HSLhsl(43.6, 56.5%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(43.6, 71.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK0%, 19.5%, 71.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,148,473
CSS custom property--colour: #C8A139;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38065WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.61:1
Contrast with white2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#375EC6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4A02Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDAA3Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Tritanopia#D9938Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 12.2Goldenrod · ΔE 13Peru · ΔE 20.9Dark khaki · ΔE 22.3Sandy brown · ΔE 22.6Olive · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 12.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3960C8
Analogous#C85939, #A8C839
Triadic#39C8A1, #A139C8
Split complementary#39A8C8, #5A39C8
Tetradic#39C859, #3960C8, #C839A7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4EDD9
Lighter +30%#E9DAB1
Lighter +20%#DEC789
Lighter +10%#D3B461
Darker −10%#A1812D
Darker −20%#796122
Darker −30%#514117
Darker −40%#29210C
More saturated +25%#E8AF19
Less saturated −25%#A89359

Channel breakdown

R200
G161
B57
Red200 (78.4%)
Green161 (63.1%)
Blue57 (22.4%)
Hue43.64°
Saturation (HSL)56.52%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C8 · G A1 · B 39

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