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Recognised as Colour

#DCB274

  • #DCB274
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Burlywood

#DCB274 is a orange with RGB values 220, 178, 116 and HSL 36°, 60%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Burlywood.

Colour values

#DCB274#DCB274
HEX#DCB274
RGBrgb(220, 178, 116)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.698, 0.4549
RGB percentages86.3%, 69.8%, 45.5%
HSLhsl(35.8, 59.8%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(35.8, 47.3%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 19.1%, 47.3%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,463,604
CSS custom property--colour: #DCB274;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48317WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.66:1
Contrast with white1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#234D8B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2B36Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CCBD76no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Tritanopia#EBA7A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Burlywood · ΔE 7.6Tan · ΔE 13.1Dark khaki · ΔE 16.4Navajo white · ΔE 17.8Sandy brown · ΔE 18.3Wheat · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourBurlywood (#DEB887)ΔE 7.59, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#749EDC
Analogous#DC7E74, #D2DC74
Triadic#74DCB2, #B274DC
Split complementary#74D2DC, #7E74DC
Tetradic#74DC7E, #749EDC, #DC74D2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBF6EE
Lighter +20%#F1DFC5
Lighter +10%#E6C99D
Darker −10%#D29B4B
Darker −20%#BB822F
Darker −30%#926625
Darker −40%#694A1B
More saturated +25%#F2B65E
Less saturated −25%#C6AE8A

Channel breakdown

R220
G178
B116
Red220 (86.3%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue116 (45.5%)
Hue35.77°
Saturation (HSL)59.77%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G B2 · B 74

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