Recognised as Colour

#DAA85E

#DAA85E
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Sandy brown

#DAA85E is a orange with RGB values 218, 168, 94 and HSL 36°, 63%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#DAA85E#DAA85E

HEX#DAA85E

RGBrgb(218, 168, 94)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.6588, 0.3686

RGB percentages85.5%, 65.9%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(35.8, 62.6%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(35.8, 56.9%, 85.5%)

CMYK0%, 22.9%, 56.9%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,329,950

CSS custom property--colour: #DAA85E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43719WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness178.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.74:1

Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD

Inverted#2557A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BBA957no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#C7B660no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original

Tritanopia#EB9B97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 13.3 Peru · ΔE 15.6 Burlywood · ΔE 15.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.7 Tan · ΔE 21.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 13.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#5E90DA

Analogous#DA6A5E, #CEDA5E

Triadic#5EDAA8, #A85EDA

Split complementary#5ECEDA, #6A5EDA

Tetradic#5EDA6A, #5E90DA, #DA5ECE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F7EBDA

Lighter +20%#EDD5B1

Lighter +10%#E4BE87

Darker −10%#D09235

Darker −20%#AB7627

Darker −30%#81591E

Darker −40%#583D14

More saturated +25%#F3AD45

Less saturated −25%#C1A377

Channel breakdown

R218

G168

B94

Red218 (85.5%)

Green168 (65.9%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue35.81°

Saturation (HSL)62.63%

Lightness61.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DA · G A8 · B 5E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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