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Recognised as Colour

#C98A68

  • #C98A68
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#C98A68 is a orange with RGB values 201, 138, 104 and HSL 21°, 47%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#C98A68#C98A68
HEX#C98A68
RGBrgb(201, 138, 104)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.5412, 0.4078
RGB percentages78.8%, 54.1%, 40.8%
HSLhsl(21, 47.3%, 59.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(21, 48.3%, 78.8%)
CMYK0%, 31.3%, 48.3%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,208,168
CSS custom property--colour: #C98A68;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31594WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.32:1
Contrast with white2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#367597

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9B9065no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#AA9E68no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Tritanopia#D87F81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 10.6Light salmon · ΔE 17.6Burlywood · ΔE 19.3Tan · ΔE 19.6Peru · ΔE 20.1Rosy brown · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 10.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#68A7C9
Analogous#C96876, #C9BB68
Triadic#68C98A, #8A68C9
Split complementary#68C9BB, #6876C9
Tetradic#76C968, #68A7C9, #BB68C9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFEFE
Lighter +30%#F1E1D9
Lighter +20%#E4C4B3
Lighter +10%#D6A78E
Darker −10%#BB6D43
Darker −20%#965735
Darker −30%#704128
Darker −40%#4A2B1B
More saturated +25%#E3824E
Less saturated −25%#AF9282

Channel breakdown

R201
G138
B104
Red201 (78.8%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue104 (40.8%)
Hue21.03°
Saturation (HSL)47.32%
Lightness59.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C9 · G 8A · B 68

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