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Recognised as Colour

#DCA139

  • #DCA139
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Goldenrod

#DCA139 is a orange with RGB values 220, 161, 57 and HSL 38°, 70%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#DCA139#DCA139
HEX#DCA139
RGBrgb(220, 161, 57)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.6314, 0.2235
RGB percentages86.3%, 63.1%, 22.4%
HSLhsl(38.3, 70%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(38.3, 74.1%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 26.8%, 74.1%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,459,193
CSS custom property--colour: #DCA139;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41001WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.2:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#235EC6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7A32Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5B13Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Tritanopia#EF918Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 9.8Dark goldenrod · ΔE 11.6Peru · ΔE 17.1Sandy brown · ΔE 17.2Orange · ΔE 22.9Chocolate · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 9.76, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3974DC
Analogous#DC5039, #C6DC39
Triadic#39DCA1, #A139DC
Split complementary#39C6DC, #4F39DC
Tetradic#39DC4F, #3974DC, #DC39C6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBF3E6
Lighter +30%#F3DFBB
Lighter +20%#EBCA90
Lighter +10%#E4B664
Darker −10%#C08722
Darker −20%#95681A
Darker −30%#694A13
Darker −40%#3E2C0B
More saturated +25%#F9A91C
Less saturated −25%#BF9956

Channel breakdown

R220
G161
B57
Red220 (86.3%)
Green161 (63.1%)
Blue57 (22.4%)
Hue38.28°
Saturation (HSL)69.96%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G A1 · B 39

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