Colour

#DAC99A

#DAC99A
Orange
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#DAC99A is a orange with RGB values 218, 201, 154 and HSL 44°, 46%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#DAC99A#DAC99A

HEX#DAC99A

RGBrgb(218, 201, 154)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.7882, 0.6039

RGB percentages85.5%, 78.8%, 60.4%

HSLhsl(44.1, 46.4%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(44.1, 29.4%, 85.5%)

CMYK0%, 7.8%, 29.4%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,338,458

CSS custom property--colour: #DAC99A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59012WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.8:1

Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#253665

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D4C797no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8CC9Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#E4C2BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 8.6 Tan · ΔE 8.9 Burlywood · ΔE 10.2 Navajo white · ΔE 10.8 Moccasin · ΔE 11 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 12.8

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 8.64, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9AABDA

Analogous#DAA99A, #CBDA9A

Triadic#9ADAC9, #C99ADA

Split complementary#9ACBDA, #A99ADA

Tetradic#9ADAA9, #9AABDA, #DA9ACB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F5F1E5

Lighter +10%#E8DDBF

Darker −10%#CCB575

Darker −20%#BFA14F

Darker −30%#A0853B

Darker −40%#7B662D

More saturated +25%#EBD189

Less saturated −25%#C9C1AB

Channel breakdown

R218

G201

B154

Red218 (85.5%)

Green201 (78.8%)

Blue154 (60.4%)

Hue44.06°

Saturation (HSL)46.38%

Lightness72.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DA · G C9 · B 9A

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