Colour

#C99984

#C99984
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Rosy brown

#C99984 is a orange with RGB values 201, 153, 132 and HSL 18°, 39%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#C99984#C99984

HEX#C99984

RGBrgb(201, 153, 132)

RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.6, 0.5176

RGB percentages78.8%, 60%, 51.8%

HSLhsl(18.3, 39%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(18.3, 34.3%, 78.8%)

CMYK0%, 23.9%, 34.3%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,212,036

CSS custom property--colour: #C99984;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36866WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness166.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.37:1

Contrast with white2.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2

Inverted#36667B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A59E83no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#B0A784no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original

Tritanopia#D59193no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 12.1 Tan · ΔE 14.2 Dark salmon · ΔE 16.5 Burlywood · ΔE 17.5 Light pink · ΔE 23 Peach puff · ΔE 23.4

Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 12.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#84B4C9

Analogous#C98492, #C9BB84

Triadic#84C999, #9984C9

Split complementary#84C9BB, #8492C9

Tetradic#92C984, #84B4C9, #BB84C9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8F1EE

Lighter +20%#E8D4CB

Lighter +10%#D9B6A7

Darker −10%#B97C61

Darker −20%#A16246

Darker −30%#7D4C37

Darker −40%#5A3727

More saturated +25%#DF906E

Less saturated −25%#B3A29A

Channel breakdown

R201

G153

B132

Red201 (78.8%)

Green153 (60%)

Blue132 (51.8%)

Hue18.26°

Saturation (HSL)38.98%

Lightness65.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C9 · G 99 · B 84

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Colour values

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