Recognised as Colour

#C9691D

#C9691D
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#C9691D is a orange with RGB values 201, 105, 29 and HSL 27°, 75%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

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HEX#C9691D

RGBrgb(201, 105, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.4118, 0.1137

RGB percentages78.8%, 41.2%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(26.5, 74.8%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(26.5, 85.6%, 78.8%)

CMYK0%, 47.8%, 85.6%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,199,645

CSS custom property--colour: #C9691D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22609WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.52:1

Contrast with white3.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.52:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#787878

Inverted#3696E2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#85750Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#9C8B1Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original

Tritanopia#DD535Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.8:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 4.1 Peru · ΔE 15.8 Coral · ΔE 19.1 Sienna · ΔE 23 Saddle brown · ΔE 23.5 Sandy brown · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 4.1, a close match

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1D7DC9

Analogous#C91D27, #C9BF1D

Triadic#1DC969, #691DC9

Split complementary#1DC9BF, #1D27C9

Tetradic#27C91D, #1D7DC9, #BF1DC9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5D6BD

Lighter +30%#EFBA90

Lighter +20%#E99E63

Lighter +10%#E28337

Darker −10%#9C5217

Darker −20%#703A10

Darker −30%#43230A

Darker −40%#170C03

More saturated +25%#E66600

Less saturated −25%#AC6C3A

Channel breakdown

R201

G105

B29

Red201 (78.8%)

Green105 (41.2%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue26.51°

Saturation (HSL)74.78%

Lightness45.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C9 · G 69 · B 1D

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