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Recognised as Colour

#C9734A

  • #C9734A
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sienna

#C9734A is a orange with RGB values 201, 115, 74 and HSL 19°, 54%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#C9734A#C9734A
HEX#C9734A
RGBrgb(201, 115, 74)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.451, 0.2902
RGB percentages78.8%, 45.1%, 29%
HSLhsl(19.4, 54%, 53.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(19.4, 63.2%, 78.8%)
CMYK0%, 42.8%, 63.2%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,202,250
CSS custom property--colour: #C9734A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25173WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.03:1
Contrast with white3.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.03:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#828282
Inverted#368CB5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A7E46no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9F9149no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original
Tritanopia#DB6369no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.48:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 13.5Peru · ΔE 14.7Dark salmon · ΔE 15.8Light salmon · ΔE 17.7Salmon · ΔE 19.8Saddle brown · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 13.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4AA0C9
Analogous#C94A61, #C9B34A
Triadic#4AC973, #734AC9
Split complementary#4AC9B3, #4A60C9
Tetradic#60C94A, #4AA0C9, #B24AC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8EDE7
Lighter +30%#ECCEC0
Lighter +20%#E0B099
Lighter +10%#D59171
Darker −10%#AD5B33
Darker −20%#854628
Darker −30%#5E311C
Darker −40%#371D10
More saturated +25%#E6692D
Less saturated −25%#AC7D67

Channel breakdown

R201
G115
B74
Red201 (78.8%)
Green115 (45.1%)
Blue74 (29%)
Hue19.37°
Saturation (HSL)54.04%
Lightness53.92%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C9 · G 73 · B 4A

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