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Recognised as Colour

#D9985B

  • #D9985B
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#D9985B is a orange with RGB values 217, 152, 91 and HSL 29°, 62%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#D9985B#D9985B
HEX#D9985B
RGBrgb(217, 152, 91)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.5961, 0.3569
RGB percentages85.1%, 59.6%, 35.7%
HSLhsl(29, 62.4%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(29, 58.1%, 85.1%)
CMYK0%, 30%, 58.1%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,260,315
CSS custom property--colour: #D9985B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37964WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.59:1
Contrast with white2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#2667A4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AC9D56no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCAC5Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original
Tritanopia#EB8A8Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 9.4Peru · ΔE 9.6Light salmon · ΔE 16.6Dark salmon · ΔE 17.2Burlywood · ΔE 18.2Tan · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 9.45, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5B9CD9
Analogous#D95B5D, #D9D75B
Triadic#5BD998, #985BD9
Split complementary#5BD9D7, #5B5DD9
Tetradic#5DD95B, #5B9CD9, #D75BD9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6E6D7
Lighter +20%#ECCCAE
Lighter +10%#E3B284
Darker −10%#CF7E32
Darker −20%#A76527
Darker −30%#7E4C1D
Darker −40%#543314
More saturated +25%#F29742
Less saturated −25%#C09974

Channel breakdown

R217
G152
B91
Red217 (85.1%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue91 (35.7%)
Hue29.05°
Saturation (HSL)62.38%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D9 · G 98 · B 5B

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