Recognised as Colour
#DCBE9F
- #DCBE9F
- Orange
- Light
- Nearest: Tan
#DCBE9F is a orange with RGB values 220, 190, 159 and HSL 30°, 47%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.
Colour values
#DCBE9F#DCBE9F
HEX#DCBE9F
RGBrgb(220, 190, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.7451, 0.6235
RGB percentages86.3%, 74.5%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(30.5, 46.6%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(30.5, 27.7%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 13.6%, 27.7%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,466,719
CSS custom property--colour: #DCBE9F;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.54546WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.91:1
Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#234160
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.91:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#9FBDDC
Analogous#DC9F9F, #DCDC9F
Triadic#9FDCBE, #BE9FDC
Split complementary#9FDCDC, #A09FDC
Tetradic#9FDCA0, #9FBDDC, #DC9FDC
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R220
G190
B159
Red220 (86.3%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue30.49°
Saturation (HSL)46.56%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G BE · B 9F
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