Colour

#D96D37

#D96D37
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#D96D37 is a orange with RGB values 217, 109, 55 and HSL 20°, 68%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#D96D37#D96D37

HEX#D96D37

RGBrgb(217, 109, 55)

RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.4275, 0.2157

RGB percentages85.1%, 42.7%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(20, 68.1%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(20, 74.7%, 85.1%)

CMYK0%, 49.8%, 74.7%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,249,271

CSS custom property--colour: #D96D37;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25965WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.19:1

Contrast with white3.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.19:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#808080

Inverted#2692C8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8B7D31no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A59535no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original

Tritanopia#EE5661no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 8.8 Coral · ΔE 11.5 Peru · ΔE 17.6 Tomato · ΔE 19.8 Sienna · ΔE 21.2 Salmon · ΔE 22.3

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 8.85, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#37A3D9

Analogous#D93752, #D9BE37

Triadic#37D96D, #6D37D9

Split complementary#37D9BE, #3752D9

Tetradic#52D937, #37A3D9, #BE37D9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAEAE2

Lighter +30%#F1CBB8

Lighter +20%#E9AC8D

Lighter +10%#E18C62

Darker −10%#BA5523

Darker −20%#8F421B

Darker −30%#642E13

Darker −40%#391A0B

More saturated +25%#F76319

Less saturated −25%#BB7755

Channel breakdown

R217

G109

B55

Red217 (85.1%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue20°

Saturation (HSL)68.07%

Lightness53.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D9 · G 6D · B 37

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