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Recognised as Colour

#CA870D

  • #CA870D
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#CA870D is a orange with RGB values 202, 135, 13 and HSL 39°, 88%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#CA870D#CA870D
HEX#CA870D
RGBrgb(202, 135, 13)
RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.5294, 0.051
RGB percentages79.2%, 52.9%, 5.1%
HSLhsl(38.7, 87.9%, 42.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(38.7, 93.6%, 79.2%)
CMYK0%, 33.2%, 93.6%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,272,845
CSS custom property--colour: #CA870D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29914WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.98:1
Contrast with white3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.98:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#3578F2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9E8B00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#AE9B15no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Tritanopia#DD7673no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 8.2Goldenrod · ΔE 13.3Peru · ΔE 17.6Orange · ΔE 20.4Chocolate · ΔE 22.1Sandy brown · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 8.2, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0D50CA
Analogous#CA290D, #AECA0D
Triadic#0DCA87, #870DCA
Split complementary#0DAECA, #290DCA
Tetradic#0DCA29, #0D50CA, #CA0DAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9DDAA
Lighter +30%#F6CA7A
Lighter +20%#F3B74A
Lighter +10%#F0A41A
Darker −10%#9A670A
Darker −20%#6A4707
Darker −30%#3A2704
Darker −40%#0A0701
More saturated +25%#D78B00
Less saturated −25%#AF7F28

Channel breakdown

R202
G135
B13
Red202 (79.2%)
Green135 (52.9%)
Blue13 (5.1%)
Hue38.73°
Saturation (HSL)87.91%
Lightness42.16%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR CA · G 87 · B 0D

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