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Recognised as Colour

#D99C66

  • #D99C66
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#D99C66 is a orange with RGB values 217, 156, 102 and HSL 28°, 60%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#D99C66#D99C66
HEX#D99C66
RGBrgb(217, 156, 102)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.6118, 0.4
RGB percentages85.1%, 61.2%, 40%
HSLhsl(28.2, 60.2%, 62.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(28.2, 53%, 85.1%)
CMYK0%, 28.1%, 53%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,261,350
CSS custom property--colour: #D99C66;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39488WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.9:1
Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#266399

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFA162no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDAE67no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Tritanopia#EA8F8Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 12.5Peru · ΔE 13.9Burlywood · ΔE 14.4Dark salmon · ΔE 14.8Light salmon · ΔE 16Tan · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 12.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#66A3D9
Analogous#D9666A, #D9D566
Triadic#66D99C, #9C66D9
Split complementary#66D9D5, #666AD9
Tetradic#6AD966, #66A3D9, #D566D9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7EBE1
Lighter +20%#EDD1B8
Lighter +10%#E3B68F
Darker −10%#CF823D
Darker −20%#AE692B
Darker −30%#855021
Darker −40%#5C3717
More saturated +25%#F19B4E
Less saturated −25%#C19D7E

Channel breakdown

R217
G156
B102
Red217 (85.1%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue102 (40%)
Hue28.17°
Saturation (HSL)60.21%
Lightness62.55%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D9 · G 9C · B 66

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