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Recognised as Colour

#DC8E63

  • #DC8E63
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#DC8E63 is a orange with RGB values 220, 142, 99 and HSL 21°, 63%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#DC8E63#DC8E63
HEX#DC8E63
RGBrgb(220, 142, 99)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.5569, 0.3882
RGB percentages86.3%, 55.7%, 38.8%
HSLhsl(21.3, 63.4%, 62.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(21.3, 55%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 35.5%, 55%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,454,371
CSS custom property--colour: #DC8E63;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35462WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.09:1
Contrast with white2.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#23719C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3965Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6A763no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Tritanopia#EE8083no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 8.7Light salmon · ΔE 10.6Peru · ΔE 14.1Sandy brown · ΔE 14.3Salmon · ΔE 20.9Burlywood · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 8.72, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#63B1DC
Analogous#DC6375, #DCCB63
Triadic#63DC8E, #8E63DC
Split complementary#63DCCB, #6374DC
Tetradic#74DC63, #63B1DC, #CB63DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8E9E0
Lighter +20%#EFCAB6
Lighter +10%#E5AC8D
Darker −10%#D37039
Darker −20%#B15928
Darker −30%#88441E
Darker −40%#5E2F15
More saturated +25%#F4874B
Less saturated −25%#C4957B

Channel breakdown

R220
G142
B99
Red220 (86.3%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue99 (38.8%)
Hue21.32°
Saturation (HSL)63.35%
Lightness62.55%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G 8E · B 63

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