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Recognised as Colour

#C8A239

  • #C8A239
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#C8A239 is a orange with RGB values 200, 162, 57 and HSL 44°, 57%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#C8A239#C8A239
HEX#C8A239
RGBrgb(200, 162, 57)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.6353, 0.2235
RGB percentages78.4%, 63.5%, 22.4%
HSLhsl(44.1, 56.5%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(44.1, 71.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK0%, 19%, 71.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,148,729
CSS custom property--colour: #C8A239;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38415WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.68:1
Contrast with white2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#375DC6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5A12Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEAB3Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original
Tritanopia#D8948Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 12.5Goldenrod · ΔE 12.9Peru · ΔE 21.5Dark khaki · ΔE 22.2Olive · ΔE 23Sandy brown · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 12.55, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#395FC8
Analogous#C85A39, #A7C839
Triadic#39C8A2, #A239C8
Split complementary#39A6C8, #5B39C8
Tetradic#39C85A, #395FC8, #C839A6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4EDD9
Lighter +30%#E9DAB1
Lighter +20%#DEC789
Lighter +10%#D3B561
Darker −10%#A1822D
Darker −20%#796222
Darker −30%#514217
Darker −40%#29220C
More saturated +25%#E8B119
Less saturated −25%#A89359

Channel breakdown

R200
G162
B57
Red200 (78.4%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue57 (22.4%)
Hue44.06°
Saturation (HSL)56.52%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C8 · G A2 · B 39

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