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Recognised as Colour

#D9C7BC

  • #D9C7BC
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#D9C7BC is a orange with RGB values 217, 199, 188 and HSL 23°, 28%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#D9C7BC#D9C7BC
HEX#D9C7BC
RGBrgb(217, 199, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.7804, 0.7373
RGB percentages85.1%, 78%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(22.8, 27.6%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(22.8, 13.4%, 85.1%)
CMYK0%, 8.3%, 13.4%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,272,444
CSS custom property--colour: #D9C7BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59229WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.85:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#263843

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CCC8BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0CCBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#DFC4C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 9.5Silver · ΔE 9.7Gainsboro · ΔE 11Misty rose · ΔE 12.4Antique white · ΔE 13.1Linen · ΔE 14.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 9.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCCED9
Analogous#D9BCC0, #D9D6BC
Triadic#BCD9C7, #C7BCD9
Split complementary#BCD9D5, #BCC0D9
Tetradic#C0D9BC, #BCCED9, #D5BCD9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFDFD
Lighter +10%#EBE2DD
Darker −10%#C7AC9B
Darker −20%#B4917B
Darker −30%#A1765B
Darker −40%#805E49
More saturated +25%#E6C4AF
Less saturated −25%#CCCAC9

Channel breakdown

R217
G199
B188
Red217 (85.1%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue22.76°
Saturation (HSL)27.62%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D9 · G C7 · B BC

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