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Recognised as Colour

#C96E04

  • #C96E04
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Chocolate

#C96E04 is a orange with RGB values 201, 110, 4 and HSL 32°, 96%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#C96E04#C96E04
HEX#C96E04
RGBrgb(201, 110, 4)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.4314, 0.0157
RGB percentages78.8%, 43.1%, 1.6%
HSLhsl(32.3, 96.1%, 40.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(32.3, 98%, 78.8%)
CMYK0%, 45.3%, 98%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,200,900
CSS custom property--colour: #C96E04;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23578WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.72:1
Contrast with white3.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.72:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A
Inverted#3691FB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A7900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#9F8E03no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Tritanopia#DD595Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.67:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 8.8Peru · ΔE 18.1Dark orange · ΔE 20.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.8Coral · ΔE 24.2Sandy brown · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 8.83, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#045FC9
Analogous#C90B04, #C2C904
Triadic#04C96E, #6E04C9
Split complementary#04C2C9, #0C04C9
Tetradic#04C90B, #045FC9, #C904C2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDD09C
Lighter +30%#FCB96A
Lighter +20%#FBA138
Lighter +10%#FA8906
Darker −10%#975303
Darker −20%#653702
Darker −30%#331C01
Darker −40%#010100
More saturated +25%#CD6E00
Less saturated −25%#AF6C1E

Channel breakdown

R201
G110
B4
Red201 (78.8%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue4 (1.6%)
Hue32.28°
Saturation (HSL)96.1%
Lightness40.2%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C9 · G 6E · B 04

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