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Recognised as Colour

#D79B73

  • #D79B73
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#D79B73 is a orange with RGB values 215, 155, 115 and HSL 24°, 56%, 65%. 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

#D79B73#D79B73
HEX#D79B73
RGBrgb(215, 155, 115)
RGB (0–1)0.8431, 0.6078, 0.451
RGB percentages84.3%, 60.8%, 45.1%
HSLhsl(24, 55.6%, 64.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(24, 46.5%, 84.3%)
CMYK0%, 27.9%, 46.5%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,130,035
CSS custom property--colour: #D79B73;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39128WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.83:1
Contrast with white2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#28648C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACA070no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAAD73no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Tritanopia#E79091no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.5 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 text8.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 10.8Burlywood · ΔE 13.4Tan · ΔE 15Light salmon · ΔE 15.7Sandy brown · ΔE 18.5Peru · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 10.77, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#73AFD7
Analogous#D7737D, #D7CD73
Triadic#73D79B, #9B73D7
Split complementary#73D7CD, #737DD7
Tetradic#7DD773, #73AFD7, #CD73D7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9F0EA
Lighter +20%#EED4C2
Lighter +10%#E2B79B
Darker −10%#CC7F4B
Darker −20%#B16533
Darker −30%#8A4F27
Darker −40%#62381C
More saturated +25%#EE965C
Less saturated −25%#C19F89

Channel breakdown

R215
G155
B115
Red215 (84.3%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue115 (45.1%)
Hue24°
Saturation (HSL)55.56%
Lightness64.71%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D7 · G 9B · B 73

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