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Colour

#DC9A53

  • #DC9A53
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#DC9A53 is a orange with RGB values 220, 154, 83 and HSL 31°, 66%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#DC9A53#DC9A53
HEX#DC9A53
RGBrgb(220, 154, 83)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.6039, 0.3255
RGB percentages86.3%, 60.4%, 32.5%
HSLhsl(31.1, 66.2%, 59.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(31.1, 62.3%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 30%, 62.3%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,457,427
CSS custom property--colour: #DC9A53;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38951WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.79:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#2365AC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AF9F4Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFAE54no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Tritanopia#EE8B8Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 7.6Peru · ΔE 8.1Light salmon · ΔE 19.2Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.4Burlywood · ΔE 21.2Dark salmon · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 7.56, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5395DC
Analogous#DC5653, #DADC53
Triadic#53DC9A, #9A53DC
Split complementary#53DADC, #5553DC
Tetradic#53DC55, #5395DC, #DC53D9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFEFD
Lighter +30%#F6E5D2
Lighter +20%#EDCCA8
Lighter +10%#E5B37D
Darker −10%#D1812B
Darker −20%#A76722
Darker −30%#7D4D19
Darker −40%#523311
More saturated +25%#F69B39
Less saturated −25%#C2996D

Channel breakdown

R220
G154
B83
Red220 (86.3%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue83 (32.5%)
Hue31.09°
Saturation (HSL)66.18%
Lightness59.41%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G 9A · B 53

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