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Recognised as Colour

#C9A464

  • #C9A464
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Burlywood

#C9A464 is a orange with RGB values 201, 164, 100 and HSL 38°, 48%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Burlywood.

Colour values

#C9A464#C9A464
HEX#C9A464
RGBrgb(201, 164, 100)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.6431, 0.3922
RGB percentages78.8%, 64.3%, 39.2%
HSLhsl(38, 48.3%, 59%)
HSV / HSBhsv(38, 50.2%, 78.8%)
CMYK0%, 18.4%, 50.2%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,214,820
CSS custom property--colour: #C9A464;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39889WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.98:1
Contrast with white2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#365B9B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4A45Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCAD66no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Tritanopia#D79994no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Burlywood · ΔE 11.2Tan · ΔE 14.8Dark khaki · ΔE 15Sandy brown · ΔE 20Peru · ΔE 20.1Navajo white · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourBurlywood (#DEB887)ΔE 11.24, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6489C9
Analogous#C97264, #BBC964
Triadic#64C9A4, #A464C9
Split complementary#64BBC9, #7264C9
Tetradic#64C972, #6489C9, #C964BB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFDFB
Lighter +30%#F1E7D5
Lighter +20%#E3D0B0
Lighter +10%#D6BA8A
Darker −10%#B98D41
Darker −20%#947033
Darker −30%#6E5426
Darker −40%#483719
More saturated +25%#E3AB4A
Less saturated −25%#AF9D7E

Channel breakdown

R201
G164
B100
Red201 (78.8%)
Green164 (64.3%)
Blue100 (39.2%)
Hue38.02°
Saturation (HSL)48.33%
Lightness59.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C9 · G A4 · B 64

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