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Recognised as Colour

#DCA859

  • #DCA859
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sandy brown

#DCA859 is a orange with RGB values 220, 168, 89 and HSL 36°, 65%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sandy brown.

Colour values

#DCA859#DCA859
HEX#DCA859
RGBrgb(220, 168, 89)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.6588, 0.349
RGB percentages86.3%, 65.9%, 34.9%
HSLhsl(36.2, 65.2%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(36.2, 59.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 23.6%, 59.5%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,461,017
CSS custom property--colour: #DCA859;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43942WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.79:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#2357A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCAA52no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8B65Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Tritanopia#ED9A96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sandy brown · ΔE 12.7Peru · ΔE 15.1Burlywood · ΔE 18.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20Dark khaki · ΔE 21Goldenrod · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourSandy brown (#F4A460)ΔE 12.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#598DDC
Analogous#DC6659, #CFDC59
Triadic#59DCA8, #A859DC
Split complementary#59CFDC, #6659DC
Tetradic#59DC66, #598DDC, #DC59CF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7EAD7
Lighter +20%#EED4AD
Lighter +10%#E5BE83
Darker −10%#D3922F
Darker −20%#AB7524
Darker −30%#81581B
Darker −40%#573C12
More saturated +25%#F5AD40
Less saturated −25%#C3A372

Channel breakdown

R220
G168
B89
Red220 (86.3%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue89 (34.9%)
Hue36.18°
Saturation (HSL)65.17%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G A8 · B 59

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