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Recognised as Colour

#C8A849

  • #C8A849
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#C8A849 is a orange with RGB values 200, 168, 73 and HSL 45°, 54%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#C8A849#C8A849
HEX#C8A849
RGBrgb(200, 168, 73)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.6588, 0.2863
RGB percentages78.4%, 65.9%, 28.6%
HSLhsl(44.9, 53.6%, 53.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(44.9, 63.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK0%, 16%, 63.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,150,281
CSS custom property--colour: #C8A849;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40766WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.15:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#3757B6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9A63Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1AF4Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Tritanopia#D89B93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 16.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.6Goldenrod · ΔE 18.3Peru · ΔE 22.5Sandy brown · ΔE 23.1Olive · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 16.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4969C8
Analogous#C86949, #A8C849
Triadic#49C8A8, #A849C8
Split complementary#49A8C8, #6949C8
Tetradic#49C869, #4969C8, #C849A8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7F3E6
Lighter +30%#ECE0BE
Lighter +20%#E0CD97
Lighter +10%#D4BB70
Darker −10%#AA8D34
Darker −20%#836C28
Darker −30%#5C4C1C
Darker −40%#352C10
More saturated +25%#E6B72B
Less saturated −25%#AA9967

Channel breakdown

R200
G168
B73
Red200 (78.4%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue73 (28.6%)
Hue44.88°
Saturation (HSL)53.59%
Lightness53.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C8 · G A8 · B 49

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