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Recognised as Colour

#DA9D59

  • #DA9D59
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#DA9D59 is a orange with RGB values 218, 157, 89 and HSL 32°, 64%, 60%. 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

#DA9D59#DA9D59
HEX#DA9D59
RGBrgb(218, 157, 89)
RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.6157, 0.349
RGB percentages85.5%, 61.6%, 34.9%
HSLhsl(31.6, 63.5%, 60.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(31.6, 59.2%, 85.5%)
CMYK0%, 28%, 59.2%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,327,129
CSS custom property--colour: #DA9D59;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39741WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.95:1
Contrast with white2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#2562A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1A153no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0AF5Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Tritanopia#EC8F8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 9.2Peru · ΔE 10.3Burlywood · ΔE 18.1Light salmon · ΔE 19.3Dark salmon · ΔE 20.7Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 9.23, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5996DA
Analogous#DA5D59, #D6DA59
Triadic#59DA9D, #9D59DA
Split complementary#59D7DA, #5C59DA
Tetradic#59DA5D, #5996DA, #DA59D6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6E7D6
Lighter +20%#EDCEAC
Lighter +10%#E3B683
Darker −10%#D1842F
Darker −20%#A86A25
Darker −30%#7E501C
Darker −40%#543513
More saturated +25%#F39E40
Less saturated −25%#C19C72

Channel breakdown

R218
G157
B89
Red218 (85.5%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue89 (34.9%)
Hue31.63°
Saturation (HSL)63.55%
Lightness60.2%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DA · G 9D · B 59

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