Recognised as Colour

#C9AB79

#C9AB79
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Burlywood

#C9AB79 is a orange with RGB values 201, 171, 121 and HSL 37°, 43%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Burlywood.

Colour values

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HEX#C9AB79

RGBrgb(201, 171, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.6706, 0.4745

RGB percentages78.8%, 67.1%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(37.5, 42.6%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(37.5, 39.8%, 78.8%)

CMYK0%, 14.9%, 39.8%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,216,633

CSS custom property--colour: #C9AB79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42924WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness175.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.58:1

Contrast with white2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE

Inverted#365486

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B8AB75no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#BFB27Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original

Tritanopia#D5A29Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Burlywood · ΔE 6.3 Tan · ΔE 6.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 16 Navajo white · ΔE 18.7 Wheat · ΔE 18.9 Peach puff · ΔE 20.3

Nearest named CSS colourBurlywood (#DEB887)ΔE 6.32, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7997C9

Analogous#C98379, #BFC979

Triadic#79C9AB, #AB79C9

Split complementary#79BFC9, #8379C9

Tetradic#79C983, #7997C9, #C979BF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F5EFE6

Lighter +20%#E6D9C2

Lighter +10%#D8C29D

Darker −10%#BA9455

Darker −20%#9D7A3F

Darker −30%#785D31

Darker −40%#544122

More saturated +25%#E1B162

Less saturated −25%#B2A591

Channel breakdown

R201

G171

B121

Red201 (78.8%)

Green171 (67.1%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue37.5°

Saturation (HSL)42.55%

Lightness63.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C9 · G AB · B 79

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