Recognised as Colour

#D79F5F

#D79F5F
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Sandy brown

#D79F5F is a orange with RGB values 215, 159, 95 and HSL 32°, 60%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#D79F5F#D79F5F

HEX#D79F5F

RGBrgb(215, 159, 95)

RGB (0–1)0.8431, 0.6235, 0.3725

RGB percentages84.3%, 62.4%, 37.3%

HSLhsl(32, 60%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(32, 55.8%, 84.3%)

CMYK0%, 26%, 55.8%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,131,039

CSS custom property--colour: #D79F5F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4007WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness172.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.01:1

Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#2860A0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B2A259no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#BFAF60no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original

Tritanopia#E89290no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 11.7 Peru · ΔE 12.8 Burlywood · ΔE 15 Tan · ΔE 19.7 Light salmon · ΔE 19.7 Dark salmon · ΔE 19.8

Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 11.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5F97D7

Analogous#D7635F, #D3D75F

Triadic#5FD79F, #9F5FD7

Split complementary#5FD3D7, #635FD7

Tetradic#5FD763, #5F97D7, #D75FD3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F6E8D9

Lighter +20%#EBD0B1

Lighter +10%#E1B788

Darker −10%#CD8736

Darker −20%#A66C2A

Darker −30%#7E521F

Darker −40%#553715

More saturated +25%#F0A146

Less saturated −25%#BE9D78

Channel breakdown

R215

G159

B95

Red215 (84.3%)

Green159 (62.4%)

Blue95 (37.3%)

Hue32°

Saturation (HSL)60%

Lightness60.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D7 · G 9F · B 5F

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Colour values

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