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Recognised as Colour

#C9731D

  • #C9731D
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Chocolate

#C9731D is a orange with RGB values 201, 115, 29 and HSL 30°, 75%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#C9731D#C9731D
HEX#C9731D
RGBrgb(201, 115, 29)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.451, 0.1137
RGB percentages78.8%, 45.1%, 11.4%
HSLhsl(30, 74.8%, 45.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(30, 85.6%, 78.8%)
CMYK0%, 42.8%, 85.6%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,202,205
CSS custom property--colour: #C9731D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24768WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.95:1
Contrast with white3.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.95:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#368CE2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8D7C08no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2901Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original
Tritanopia#DC5F63no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.53:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 9Peru · ΔE 12.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.2Sandy brown · ΔE 20.7Coral · ΔE 22.4Dark orange · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 9.03, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1D73C9
Analogous#C91D1D, #C9C91D
Triadic#1DC973, #731DC9
Split complementary#1DC9C9, #1D1DC9
Tetradic#1DC91D, #1D73C9, #C91DC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5D9BD
Lighter +30%#EFC090
Lighter +20%#E9A663
Lighter +10%#E28D37
Darker −10%#9C5A17
Darker −20%#704010
Darker −30%#43270A
Darker −40%#170D03
More saturated +25%#E67300
Less saturated −25%#AC733A

Channel breakdown

R201
G115
B29
Red201 (78.8%)
Green115 (45.1%)
Blue29 (11.4%)
Hue30°
Saturation (HSL)74.78%
Lightness45.1%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C9 · G 73 · B 1D

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