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Recognised as Colour

#DC9E72

  • #DC9E72
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#DC9E72 is a orange with RGB values 220, 158, 114 and HSL 25°, 60%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#DC9E72#DC9E72
HEX#DC9E72
RGBrgb(220, 158, 114)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.6196, 0.4471
RGB percentages86.3%, 62%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(24.9, 60.2%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(24.9, 48.2%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 28.2%, 48.2%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,458,482
CSS custom property--colour: #DC9E72;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40884WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.18:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#23618D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0A36Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFB172no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Tritanopia#EC9293no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 11.1Burlywood · ΔE 13.1Light salmon · ΔE 14.5Tan · ΔE 15.8Sandy brown · ΔE 16Peru · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 11.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#72B0DC
Analogous#DC727B, #DCD372
Triadic#72DC9E, #9E72DC
Split complementary#72DCD3, #727BDC
Tetradic#7BDC72, #72B0DC, #D372DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAF2ED
Lighter +20%#F0D6C4
Lighter +10%#E6BA9B
Darker −10%#D28249
Darker −20%#BA682E
Darker −30%#915124
Darker −40%#683A1A
More saturated +25%#F29A5C
Less saturated −25%#C6A288

Channel breakdown

R220
G158
B114
Red220 (86.3%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue24.91°
Saturation (HSL)60.23%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G 9E · B 72

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