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Recognised as Colour

#DC9A77

  • #DC9A77
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#DC9A77 is a orange with RGB values 220, 154, 119 and HSL 21°, 59%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#DC9A77#DC9A77
HEX#DC9A77
RGBrgb(220, 154, 119)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.6039, 0.4667
RGB percentages86.3%, 60.4%, 46.7%
HSLhsl(20.8, 59.1%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(20.8, 45.9%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 30%, 45.9%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,457,463
CSS custom property--colour: #DC9A77;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39659WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.93:1
Contrast with white2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#236588

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACA174no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBAF77no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Tritanopia#EC8E91no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 7.6Light salmon · ΔE 13.7Burlywood · ΔE 15.7Tan · ΔE 17Sandy brown · ΔE 19.3Peru · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 7.62, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#77B9DC
Analogous#DC7787, #DCCD77
Triadic#77DC9A, #9A77DC
Split complementary#77DCCD, #7787DC
Tetradic#87DC77, #77B9DC, #CC77DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBF4F1
Lighter +20%#F1D6C8
Lighter +10%#E6B8A0
Darker −10%#D27C4E
Darker −20%#BC6131
Darker −30%#944C26
Darker −40%#6B371C
More saturated +25%#F19362
Less saturated −25%#C7A18C

Channel breakdown

R220
G154
B119
Red220 (86.3%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue119 (46.7%)
Hue20.79°
Saturation (HSL)59.06%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G 9A · B 77

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