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Recognised as Colour

#DAA74E

  • #DAA74E
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#DAA74E is a orange with RGB values 218, 167, 78 and HSL 38°, 65%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#DAA74E#DAA74E
HEX#DAA74E
RGBrgb(218, 167, 78)
RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.6549, 0.3059
RGB percentages85.5%, 65.5%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(38.1, 65.4%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(38.1, 64.2%, 85.5%)
CMYK0%, 23.4%, 64.2%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,329,678
CSS custom property--colour: #DAA74E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43093WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.62:1
Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#2558B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBA845no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7B551no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Tritanopia#EC9893no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 14.8Peru · ΔE 16.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.4Goldenrod · ΔE 16.7Dark khaki · ΔE 22.3Burlywood · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 14.77, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4E81DA
Analogous#DA614E, #C7DA4E
Triadic#4EDAA7, #A74EDA
Split complementary#4EC7DA, #614EDA
Tetradic#4EDA61, #4E81DA, #DA4EC7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFBF7
Lighter +30%#F4E6CD
Lighter +20%#ECD1A2
Lighter +10%#E3BC78
Darker −10%#CB902A
Darker −20%#A07222
Darker −30%#765419
Darker −40%#4C3610
More saturated +25%#F5AE33
Less saturated −25%#BFA069

Channel breakdown

R218
G167
B78
Red218 (85.5%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue38.14°
Saturation (HSL)65.42%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DA · G A7 · B 4E

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