Colour

#C96A34

#C96A34
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#C96A34 is a orange with RGB values 201, 106, 52 and HSL 22°, 59%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

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HEX#C96A34

RGBrgb(201, 106, 52)

RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.4157, 0.2039

RGB percentages78.8%, 41.6%, 20.4%

HSLhsl(21.7, 58.9%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(21.7, 74.1%, 78.8%)

CMYK0%, 47.3%, 74.1%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,199,924

CSS custom property--colour: #C96A34;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22974WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.59:1

Contrast with white3.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.59:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A

Inverted#3695CB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#85772Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#9C8C33no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original

Tritanopia#DC565Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.75:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 11.4 Peru · ΔE 14.1 Sienna · ΔE 15.9 Coral · ΔE 17 Saddle brown · ΔE 19.6 Sandy brown · ΔE 21.7

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 11.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3493C9

Analogous#C93449, #C9B434

Triadic#34C96A, #6A34C9

Split complementary#34C9B4, #3449C9

Tetradic#49C934, #3493C9, #B434C9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4E0D5

Lighter +30%#EAC3AC

Lighter +20%#DFA584

Lighter +10%#D5875B

Darker −10%#A0552A

Darker −20%#783F1F

Darker −30%#4F2A15

Darker −40%#27150A

More saturated +25%#E96114

Less saturated −25%#A97354

Channel breakdown

R201

G106

B52

Red201 (78.8%)

Green106 (41.6%)

Blue52 (20.4%)

Hue21.74°

Saturation (HSL)58.89%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C9 · G 6A · B 34

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