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Recognised as Colour

#D79B60

  • #D79B60
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#D79B60 is a orange with RGB values 215, 155, 96 and HSL 30°, 60%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#D79B60#D79B60
HEX#D79B60
RGBrgb(215, 155, 96)
RGB (0–1)0.8431, 0.6078, 0.3765
RGB percentages84.3%, 60.8%, 37.6%
HSLhsl(29.7, 59.8%, 61%)
HSV / HSBhsv(29.7, 55.3%, 84.3%)
CMYK0%, 27.9%, 55.3%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,130,016
CSS custom property--colour: #D79B60;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38734WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.75:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#28649F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AE9F5Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCAD61no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original
Tritanopia#E88E8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 11.5Peru · ΔE 12.1Burlywood · ΔE 15.5Dark salmon · ΔE 17.1Light salmon · ΔE 17.4Tan · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 11.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#609CD7
Analogous#D76061, #D7D760
Triadic#60D79B, #9B60D7
Split complementary#60D7D6, #6061D7
Tetradic#61D760, #609CD7, #D660D7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6E8DA
Lighter +20%#ECCEB1
Lighter +10%#E1B589
Darker −10%#CD8137
Darker −20%#A7682A
Darker −30%#7E4F20
Darker −40%#553516
More saturated +25%#F09B47
Less saturated −25%#BE9B79

Channel breakdown

R215
G155
B96
Red215 (84.3%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue96 (37.6%)
Hue29.75°
Saturation (HSL)59.8%
Lightness60.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D7 · G 9B · B 60

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