Recognised as Colour

#DC6A27

#DC6A27
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#DC6A27 is a orange with RGB values 220, 106, 39 and HSL 22°, 72%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#DC6A27#DC6A27

HEX#DC6A27

RGBrgb(220, 106, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.4157, 0.1529

RGB percentages86.3%, 41.6%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(22.2, 72.1%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(22.2, 82.3%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 51.8%, 82.3%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,445,095

CSS custom property--colour: #DC6A27;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2567WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness145.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.13:1

Contrast with white3.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.13:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D

Inverted#2395D8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8B7B1Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#A69524no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F2505Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.42:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 4.3 Coral · ΔE 13.2 Tomato · ΔE 19.8 Peru · ΔE 21.1 Dark orange · ΔE 23.6 Sandy brown · ΔE 25.5

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 4.29, a close match

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2799DC

Analogous#DC273E, #DCC427

Triadic#27DC6A, #6A27DC

Split complementary#27DCC5, #273EDC

Tetradic#3EDC27, #2799DC, #C527DC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8E3D7

Lighter +30%#F1C5AB

Lighter +20%#EAA77F

Lighter +10%#E38853

Darker −10%#B3551D

Darker −20%#874016

Darker −30%#5B2B0F

Darker −40%#2F1608

More saturated +25%#FB6208

Less saturated −25%#BD7246

Channel breakdown

R220

G106

B39

Red220 (86.3%)

Green106 (41.6%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue22.21°

Saturation (HSL)72.11%

Lightness50.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G 6A · B 27

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