Colour

#DC9D55

#DC9D55
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Sandy brown

#DC9D55 is a orange with RGB values 220, 157, 85 and HSL 32°, 66%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#DC9D55#DC9D55

HEX#DC9D55

RGBrgb(220, 157, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.6157, 0.3333

RGB percentages86.3%, 61.6%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(32, 65.9%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(32, 61.4%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 28.6%, 61.4%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,458,197

CSS custom property--colour: #DC9D55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39985WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness172.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9:1

Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5

Inverted#2362AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B2A14Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#C1B056no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original

Tritanopia#EE8E8Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 8.3 Peru · ΔE 9.5 Light salmon · ΔE 20.1 Burlywood · ΔE 20.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.3 Dark salmon · ΔE 22.2

Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 8.27, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5594DC

Analogous#DC5955, #D8DC55

Triadic#55DC9D, #9D55DC

Split complementary#55D8DC, #5955DC

Tetradic#55DC59, #5594DC, #DC55D8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFE

Lighter +30%#F6E6D4

Lighter +20%#EDCEAA

Lighter +10%#E5B57F

Darker −10%#D3852B

Darker −20%#A86A23

Darker −30%#7E4F1A

Darker −40%#543511

More saturated +25%#F69F3B

Less saturated −25%#C29B6F

Channel breakdown

R220

G157

B85

Red220 (86.3%)

Green157 (61.6%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue32°

Saturation (HSL)65.85%

Lightness59.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G 9D · B 55

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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