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Recognised as Colour

#DC9254

  • #DC9254
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Peru

#DC9254 is a orange with RGB values 220, 146, 84 and HSL 27°, 66%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#DC9254#DC9254
HEX#DC9254
RGBrgb(220, 146, 84)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.5725, 0.3294
RGB percentages86.3%, 57.3%, 32.9%
HSLhsl(27.4, 66%, 59.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(27.4, 61.8%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 33.6%, 61.8%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,455,380
CSS custom property--colour: #DC9254;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36414WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.28:1
Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#236DAB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8994Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAA955no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Tritanopia#EF8284no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 6.6Sandy brown · ΔE 7.8Light salmon · ΔE 15.4Dark salmon · ΔE 17.5Burlywood · ΔE 22.7Chocolate · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 6.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#549EDC
Analogous#DC545A, #DCD654
Triadic#54DC92, #9254DC
Split complementary#54DCD6, #545ADC
Tetradic#5ADC54, #549EDC, #D654DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFEFD
Lighter +30%#F6E3D3
Lighter +20%#EDC8A9
Lighter +10%#E5AD7E
Darker −10%#D2772B
Darker −20%#A85F22
Darker −30%#7D471A
Darker −40%#532F11
More saturated +25%#F6903A
Less saturated −25%#C2946E

Channel breakdown

R220
G146
B84
Red220 (86.3%)
Green146 (57.3%)
Blue84 (32.9%)
Hue27.35°
Saturation (HSL)66.02%
Lightness59.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G 92 · B 54

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