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Recognised as Colour

#DCA68C

  • #DCA68C
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Tan

#DCA68C is a orange with RGB values 220, 166, 140 and HSL 19°, 53%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#DCA68C#DCA68C
HEX#DCA68C
RGBrgb(220, 166, 140)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.651, 0.549
RGB percentages86.3%, 65.1%, 54.9%
HSLhsl(19.5, 53.3%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(19.5, 36.4%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 24.5%, 36.4%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,460,556
CSS custom property--colour: #DCA68C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44382WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.88:1
Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#235973

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4AB8Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1B68Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Tritanopia#EA9D9Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 12.1Dark salmon · ΔE 13.7Burlywood · ΔE 13.7Rosy brown · ΔE 17.1Peach puff · ΔE 18.8Light salmon · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 12.14, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8CC2DC
Analogous#DC8C9A, #DCCE8C
Triadic#8CDCA6, #A68CDC
Split complementary#8CDCCE, #8C9ADC
Tetradic#9ADC8C, #8CC2DC, #CE8CDC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4E3DA
Lighter +10%#E8C4B3
Darker −10%#D08865
Darker −20%#C4693E
Darker −30%#9F5430
Darker −40%#783F24
More saturated +25%#EF9F79
Less saturated −25%#C9AD9F

Channel breakdown

R220
G166
B140
Red220 (86.3%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue140 (54.9%)
Hue19.5°
Saturation (HSL)53.33%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G A6 · B 8C

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