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Recognised as Colour

#C8AE79

  • #C8AE79
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Burlywood

#C8AE79 is a orange with RGB values 200, 174, 121 and HSL 40°, 42%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Burlywood.

Colour values

#C8AE79#C8AE79
HEX#C8AE79
RGBrgb(200, 174, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.6824, 0.4745
RGB percentages78.4%, 68.2%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(40.3, 41.8%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(40.3, 39.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK0%, 13%, 39.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,151,865
CSS custom property--colour: #C8AE79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43932WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.79:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#375186

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBAD75no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1B47Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#D4A5A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Burlywood · ΔE 7Tan · ΔE 7.5Dark khaki · ΔE 13.8Navajo white · ΔE 18.3Wheat · ΔE 18.4Moccasin · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourBurlywood (#DEB887)ΔE 7.05, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7993C8
Analogous#C88679, #BBC879
Triadic#79C8AE, #AE79C8
Split complementary#79BBC8, #8779C8
Tetradic#79C887, #7993C8, #C879BB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F0E5
Lighter +20%#E6DAC1
Lighter +10%#D7C49D
Darker −10%#B99855
Darker −20%#9B7D40
Darker −30%#776031
Darker −40%#534322
More saturated +25%#E0B661
Less saturated −25%#B0A691

Channel breakdown

R200
G174
B121
Red200 (78.4%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue40.25°
Saturation (HSL)41.8%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C8 · G AE · B 79

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