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Recognised as Colour

#D79B70

  • #D79B70
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#D79B70 is a orange with RGB values 215, 155, 112 and HSL 25°, 56%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#D79B70#D79B70
HEX#D79B70
RGBrgb(215, 155, 112)
RGB (0–1)0.8431, 0.6078, 0.4392
RGB percentages84.3%, 60.8%, 43.9%
HSLhsl(25, 56.3%, 64.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(25, 47.9%, 84.3%)
CMYK0%, 27.9%, 47.9%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,130,032
CSS custom property--colour: #D79B70;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3906WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.81:1
Contrast with white2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#28648F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADA06Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBAD70no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Tritanopia#E78F90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 11.5Burlywood · ΔE 13.3Tan · ΔE 15.4Light salmon · ΔE 15.6Sandy brown · ΔE 17.2Peru · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 11.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#70ACD7
Analogous#D77079, #D7CE70
Triadic#70D79B, #9B70D7
Split complementary#70D7CE, #7079D7
Tetradic#79D770, #70ACD7, #CE70D7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8EFE8
Lighter +20%#EDD3C0
Lighter +10%#E2B798
Darker −10%#CC7F48
Darker −20%#B06631
Darker −30%#884F26
Darker −40%#60381B
More saturated +25%#EE9759
Less saturated −25%#C09F87

Channel breakdown

R215
G155
B112
Red215 (84.3%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue112 (43.9%)
Hue25.05°
Saturation (HSL)56.28%
Lightness64.12%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D7 · G 9B · B 70

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