Colour

#C9450F

#C9450F
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#C9450F is a orange with RGB values 201, 69, 15 and HSL 17°, 86%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

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HEX#C9450F

RGBrgb(201, 69, 15)

RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.2706, 0.0588

RGB percentages78.8%, 27.1%, 5.9%

HSLhsl(17.4, 86.1%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(17.4, 92.5%, 78.8%)

CMYK0%, 65.7%, 92.5%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,190,415

CSS custom property--colour: #C9450F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16708WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness122.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.84:1

Contrast with white4.84:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D

Inverted#36BAF0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6C5F00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#8D7D01no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.8 from the original

Tritanopia#DE1A3Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 15.7 Tomato · ΔE 18.2 Firebrick · ΔE 20.2 Coral · ΔE 21.4 Dark red · ΔE 24.1 Orange red · ΔE 24.3

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 15.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#0F93C9

Analogous#C90F36, #C9A20F

Triadic#0FC945, #450FC9

Split complementary#0FC9A2, #0F36C9

Tetradic#36C90F, #0F93C9, #A20FC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F9C2AB

Lighter +30%#F59F7C

Lighter +20%#F27C4C

Lighter +10%#EE5A1D

Darker −10%#9A350B

Darker −20%#6A2408

Darker −30%#3B1404

Darker −40%#0B0401

More saturated +25%#D83F00

Less saturated −25%#AE502A

Channel breakdown

R201

G69

B15

Red201 (78.8%)

Green69 (27.1%)

Blue15 (5.9%)

Hue17.42°

Saturation (HSL)86.11%

Lightness42.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C9 · G 45 · B 0F

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