Recognised as Colour

#CDAA9C

#CDAA9C
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Rosy brown

#CDAA9C is a orange with RGB values 205, 170, 156 and HSL 17°, 33%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#CDAA9C#CDAA9C

HEX#CDAA9C

RGBrgb(205, 170, 156)

RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.6667, 0.6118

RGB percentages80.4%, 66.7%, 61.2%

HSLhsl(17.1, 32.9%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(17.1, 23.9%, 80.4%)

CMYK0%, 17.1%, 23.9%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,478,556

CSS custom property--colour: #CDAA9C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44129WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness179.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.83:1

Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0

Inverted#325563

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B2AD9Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#BBB49Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original

Tritanopia#D7A5A6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 12.1 Tan · ΔE 13.9 Dark grey · ΔE 16.3 Silver · ΔE 16.9 Burlywood · ΔE 19 Peach puff · ΔE 19.4

Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 12.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9CBFCD

Analogous#CD9CA7, #CDC29C

Triadic#9CCDAA, #AA9CCD

Split complementary#9CCDC2, #9CA7CD

Tetradic#A7CD9C, #9CBFCD, #C39CCD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EFE4E0

Lighter +10%#DEC7BE

Darker −10%#BC8D7A

Darker −20%#AB7058

Darker −30%#8A5946

Darker −40%#684335

More saturated +25%#E0A289

Less saturated −25%#BAB2AF

Channel breakdown

R205

G170

B156

Red205 (80.4%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue156 (61.2%)

Hue17.14°

Saturation (HSL)32.89%

Lightness70.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CD · G AA · B 9C

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